a. Also whiney. [f. WHINE sb. or v. + -Y1.] Characterized by whining; disposed to whine, fretful. Also whin(e)y pin(e)y.
1854. Miss Baker, Northampt. Gloss, Whiny piny, fretful, complaining.
1885. T. Mozley, Remin., Towns, etc. I. 377. The sweet but rather whiny sing-song of Northamptonshire.
1897. Sarah Grand, Beth Bk., iv. (1898), 29. Beth, you really are a whiny child, you always have a grievance.
