English Explanatory Dictionary

sinny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪni/

Word forms

sinny sinnier more sinny sinniest most sinny

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”).

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