ninnyism

noun

ninnyism

noun

Etymology From ninny + -ism.

1

predisposition to act like a ninny

He wondered at his own degree of ninnyism. How severe was it? How incurable was it? Could a man walk through life in a constant readiness to duck?1962, John D. MacDonald, The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything, first edition, page 56:

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