ninnyhammer

noun

1. A foolish person; a simpleton.

   Why, the more fool she; aye, the more ninny hammer she.

   1608, A Yorkshire Tragedy, dubiously claimed to be by William Shakespeare

Where it comes from

Apparently from ninny (although attested slightly later) + -hammer, of unknown origin; perhaps compare earlier hammer-headed.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ninnyhammer (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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