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”).
Definitions
Characterised by or characteristic of sin
Characterised by or characteristic of sin; sinful; guilty of sin; wicked.
- [...] 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.
- "That was a sinny-sin-sin! [...]
- 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, [...]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sinny. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA