nimshi

nimshi

English

Noun

nimshi (plural nimshis)

1. Alternative form of nimshy (“a fool”)
   • 1877, Lippincott's Magazine (volume 20, page 594)

     "Is it at the house or church?"
     "I didn't think to find out," returns he.
     "Well, you are a nimshi!" declares she.

   • 1910, Alice Brown, John Winterbourne's Family (page 64)

     “Come in here before you let those nimshis scuttle you.”