单词 | namby-pambyish |
释义 | > as lemmasnamby-pambyish ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > feebly sentimental snivelling1673 namby-pamby1733 namby-pambical1761 treacly1800 namby-pambyish1825 keepsaky1871 soapy1889 keepsake1898 lipsticky1931 corny1932 gloppy1976 1825 E. Gerard Lett. in Rhyme 179 Your fable's namby-pamby-ish, indeed, But not so faulty for a first essay. 1832 Examiner 517/1 The words..are namby-pambyish. 1855 H. M. Stephens Hagar the Martyr 74 He was just her style of a man; nothing effeminate or namby-pambyish, but bold as a hawk. < as lemmas |
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