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sinny

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪni/

The English word “sinny” has 1 meaning listed here.

adjective

  1. Characterised by or characteristic of sin; sinful; guilty of sin; wicked.

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…

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