sinny
adj/ˈsɪni/
Etymology From sin + -y; or perhaps continuing Middle English synny, from Old English synniġ (“guilty, punishable, criminal; sinful”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnīg, *sundīg (“sinful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sändich (“sinful”), West Frisian sûndich (“sinful”), Dutch zondig (“sinful”), German Low German sündig, sünnig (“sinful”), German sündig (“sinful”), Swedish syndig (“sinful”), Faroese syndigur (“sinful”), Icelandic syndugur (“sinful”).
- [...] kick against Olive Oil Trust, they almost went to jail for their crimes, so they hurry around to Judge Landis face and was comforted to know that taking rebates from Harriman was sinnier than taking silverware from a Soldiers' Home.1909, Wallace Irwin, Letters of a Japanese schoolboy ("Hashimura Togo"):
- "That was a sinny-sin-sin! [...]1974, Gerald G. Griffin, The silent misery: why marriages fail:
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- So, should I return to that childhood state When my life was not very sinny? No, I lived a Catholic hell back then, Where living was devoid of the fun kind of sin, And though I'll be sent to the all-faith Hell, In the mean time, [...]2007, D. B. Clark, The Curse of Humorous Verse:
- I confess to quickly scanning the papal list, looking for the sin of homosexuality. It was not there! Maybe it is understood. It was like being dropped from the big annual Papal Magazine "Sinniest Sins Alive" special double issue.2009, Kate Clinton, I Told You So:
- [...] of all of the sins that are drummed into the brains of the Uptight Sin-filled Abstainers, the sin of oral sex may be the sinniest (a wonderful new word).2010, Washington Weaver, The Alliterating Philosopher: Philosophy Can Be Phun:
- Still and tall he stands with such grace for such a man as he. I love his collar and his hair – a lion and his mane, did I dare tell – sinny, sinny, sin, sin, sin, sin, sin, sin,” (this was a peppy song in my head).2011, Ann Palmer, Ann of 1,000 Lives: Author Ann Palmer Relives Her Own Past Lives: