niminyadj.
/ˈnɪmᵻni/, U.S. /ˈnɪmᵻni/ = niminy-piminy adj.
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minikin1545
mincing1560
miniard1584
finical1592
minic1598
nice-mouthed1618
finitive1640
finicking1661
minical1668
precious1712
précieuse1785
niminy-piminy1786
pershittie1808
miminy-piminy1815
finicky1825
nimpy-pimpy1825
niminy1878
too-tooa1884
piminy1890
précieux1891
piss-elegant1941
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 182 I have never forgotten that girl... To call her a young lady, with all its niminy associations, would be to offer her an insult.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. vi. 158 Here was this cur of a Caddis whineing his niminy note from his piminy nob.
1902 W. de la Mare Songs of Childhood 71 Her niminy fingers Her sleek tresses preen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1878- low-built
- low-burning
- low-bush
- low-bush blackberry
- low-bush blueberry
- low-bush cranberry
- low-cal
- low-calorie
- low-carb
- low-carbohydrate
- low-carbon
- low-cast
- low-caste
- low-ceiled
- low-ceilinged
- low-central
- low-cheered
- low-cholesterol
- low-churchism
- low-churchmanism
- low-class
- low-conceited
- low-conditioned
- low-consumption
- low-contrast