Word of the Day – Ninnyhammer

Ninnyhammer (noun) (archaic)

Nin-ee-ham-uh

A fool or a braggart.

This seemed the perfect word for today! Archaic, with the earliest use found in Thomas Nashe (d. c1601), writer

Example sentences

“Such a ninnyhammer, he totally fell for my April Fool’s joke.”

“He’s always taking credit for things he didn’t do, the ninnyhammer.”