ranny
See also: Ranny
English
Noun
ranny (plural rannies)
- (obsolete outside dialects, East Anglia) A shrew (the animal).
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, section XVIII:
- instead of a caligation or dimness, we conclude a cecity or blindness. Which hath been frequently inferred concerning other Animals, so some affirm the Water-Rat is blind, so Sammonicus and Nicander do call the Mus-Araneus, the shrew or Ranny, blind […]
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈran.nɨ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -annɨ
- Syllabification: ran‧ny
Adjective
ranny (comparative bardzie, superlative najbardzie)
Declension
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