Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Etymology 1
- 1.2.1 Noun
- 1.2.2 Interjection
- 1.3 Etymology 2
- 1.3.1 Noun
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
nonny (plural nonnies)
Interjection[edit]
nonny
- A meaningless word used in refrains, especially in old English ballads and glees.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.
See AlsoDumbo (1941 film)
Etymology 2[edit]
Diminutive of anonymous with -y.
Noun[edit]
nonny (plural nonnies)
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=nonny&oldid=66114922"