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单词 piminy
释义

piminyn.adj.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: miminy-piminy n., niminy-piminy adj.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably shortened < either miminy-piminy n. or niminy-piminy adj. O.E.D. Suppl.(1982) gives the pronunciation as (pi·mini) /ˈpɪmɪnɪ/.
Obsolete.
A. n.
Perhaps: something expressive of affectation or vanity.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun]
affectation1548
affection1570
phantastry1656
stilt1735
fal-lal1775
coxcombality1785
meemaw1790
posture-making1797
attitudinarianism1803
attitudinizing1812
piminy1819
stiltishness1824
niminy-piminyism1840
gyvera1866
notion1866
attitudinization1871
effectism1871
jam1882
chichi1908
poncing1969
pseudery1972
1819 J. Keats Let. 22 Sept. (1958) II. 175 Poor thing she little thinks how she is..making her nose quite a piminy.
B. adj.
= niminy-piminy adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy
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
1890 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors xi, in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 965 Here was this cur..whineing his niminy note from his piminy nob.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

piminyint.

Brit. /ˈpɪmᵻni/, U.S. /ˈpɪmᵻni/
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Jiminy n.
Etymology: Probably an alteration of Jiminy n.
U.S.
Expressing surprise or joy. Cf. Jiminy n.
ΚΠ
1912 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 23 Jan. 4/4 Jumping piminy, wat a hevy trunk.
1937 I. Gershwin Sing of Spring in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 271/3 The shepherd, free at last, Sings ‘Piminy mo!’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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