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单词 namby-pambics
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namby-pambicsn.

Forms: 1700s namby pambicks.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: namby-pamby adj., English -ics.
Etymology: < namby-pamby adj. + -ics (see -ic suffix 2). Compare slightly earlier namby-pambical adj.
humorous. Obsolete. rare.
Namby-pamby writing.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > feeble sentimentality > writing
namby-pamby1757
namby-pambics1766
1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. 130 I had never written Namby Pambicks, in my Life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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