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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nam•by-pam•by /ˈnæmbiˈpæmbi/USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -bies. adj. - indecisive;
irresolute:a namby-pamby personality. - sentimental;
insipid:namby-pamby greeting cards.
n. [countable] - one that is namby-pamby.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nam•by-pam•by (nam′bē pam′bē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -bies for 4.adj. - without firm methods or policy;
weak or indecisive:namby-pamby handling of juvenile offenders. - lacking in character, directness, or moral or emotional strength:namby-pamby writing.
- weakly sentimental, pretentious, or affected;
insipid.
n. - a namby-pamby person:written by and for namby-pambies.
- namby-pamby sentiment:the harmless namby-pamby of a birthday card.
- namby-pamby verse or prose.
- 1726; rhyming compound based on the first syllable of Ambrose Philips; first used as a nickname for Philips in the title of a poem by Henry Carey (1687?–1743) ridiculing his verse
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