Sekirov Dictionary

namby-pamby

adjective 2
noun 2
verb 1
forms 7

adjective2

Insipid and sentimental.
•
Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy.
- […] she was still, as heretofore, a namby-pamby milk-and-water affected creature […] — 1847

noun2

•
One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak.
- Namby Pamby’s doubly Mild, Once a Man, and twice a Child; To his Hanging-Sleeves restor’d Now he foots it like a Lord; Now he Pumps his little Wits; Sh—ing Writes and Writing Sh—s,^([sic]) — 1725
Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.

verb1

To coddle.

forms

namby-pambied · namby-pambying · namby-pambies · more namby-pamby · namby-pambier · most namby-pamby · namby-pambiest

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