Sekirov Dictionary

niminy-piminy

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 2

noun2

excessive primness; affected delicacy; mincingness
•
one who acts in an excessively prim manner
- "I was," she said, "but I didn’t stay." Her nose was shiny and her hair was bedraggled. "If I had been penned in with that niminy-piminy any longer I'd have broken down the door to get out." — 1976

adjective1

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Overtly or excessively prim.
- "I detest rude, unlady-like girls." "I hate affected, niminy piminy chits." — 1868

forms

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