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单词 nonny-nonny
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nonny-nonnyint.n.

Brit. /ˌnɒnɪˈnɒni/, U.S. /ˌnɑniˈnɑni/
Forms: 1500s noney nony, 1500s 1700s– nonny-nonny, 1500s–1600s nony-nony, 1600s nonnie nonnie.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.
A. int.
Used in songs as (part of) a refrain. Also in extended use. Cf. hey int. 2, nonny int., nonny-no n. 1. Now archaic.Often with allusion to Shakespeare (see e.g. quot. 1600), and sometimes with punning allusion to sense B. 2.
ΚΠ
1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Diii Gyue boys wether quoth a nonny nonny.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 68 Conuerting all your soundes of woe, Into hey nony nony . View more context for this quotation
1823 W. M. Praed Lillian 12 Nonny Nonny!—who shall tell Where the Summer breezes dwell?
1881 Harper's Mag. June 54/2 The fading is the name of an Irish dance, but ‘with a fading’ seems to have been used as a burden to various songs, in the same way as ‘Derry down,’ ‘Hey nonny nonny no,’ etc.
1958 Stud. in Renaissance 5 150 In the music as well as the lyric, the invitation to dalliance is playfully suggested in the ‘hey nonny, nonny’ refrain.
1985 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder II in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 194/1 Hey nonny nonny, my lord—good news!
B. n.
1. A refrain of ‘nonny-nonny’. Cf. nonny-no n. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] > refrain > specific refrain
friscajoly?1520
nonny-nonny?1535
nonny-noc1550
trim-tram1583
fa-la1595
Lillibullero1688
folderol1701
twinkum twankum1729
tol-de-rol1765
?1535 M. Coverdale Goostly Psalmes Introd. Epist. sig. iiv They shulde be better occupied, then with hey nony nony, hey troly loly, & soch lyke fantasies.
1961 Eng. Lit. Hist. 28 87 There is no objection to jigging through God's world, or through Sterne's with a hey-nonny-nonny; on the contrary.
2. euphemistic. The vulva. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vulva
vulva?a1425
wombgatec1450
nock1611
nonny-nonny1611
slit1648
old hat1697
concha1855
monkey1863
gash1873
slot1942
vag1967
mickey1969
front bum1985
punani1987
front bottom1991
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Fossa... Vsed also for a womans pleasure-pit, nony-nony or pallace of pleasure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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