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Ninny vs Dolt - What's the difference?

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Ninny is a related term of dolt.


As nouns the difference between ninny and dolt

is that ninny is a silly or foolish person while dolt is (pejorative) a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

As a verb dolt is

(obsolete) to behave foolishly.

ninny

English

Noun

(ninnies)
  • a silly or foolish person
  • * {{quote-book
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    ''Sim.     Not I by this garter, I am a foole, a very Ninny I, how call you her? how call you her? }}
  • * "Ninny — that soft, smiling, self-effacing, apologetic fellow, the type who is terribly sorry when you happen to step on his foot, the kind you can borrow money from in the certainty he will never demand you repay it." — (1962)

    • Related terms

    * nincompoop * ninnyish * ninnyism * picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny

    dolt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
  • * c. 1603 ,
    • O gull! O dolt ! As ignorant as dirt!
  • * Drayton
    • This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doltish

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To behave foolishly.
    • (Webster 1913)

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