‖ nounou
(ˈnuːnuː)
[Fr.]
A child's name for a nurse; a wet nurse.
| 1894 G. du Maurier Trilby II. vi. 208 In the formal dusty gardens were the same pioupious and zouzous still walking with the same nounous. Ibid., Nounou―a wet⁓nurse with a pretty ribboned cap and long streamers. 1900 Glasgow Herald 17 July 4 He was in the charge of a nou-nou (wet nurse). 1930 Observer 23 Feb. 12/1 The ‘nou⁓nous’ which it was naturally the chief object of the ‘piou⁓pious’ of that period to dazzle. 1951 M. Sharp Lise Lillywhite i. 9 A sea-sick nounou. |