namby-pamby
adjective/ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi/
/ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi/
(informal, disapproving)- weak and too emotional
- He rejected any affection as namby-pamby nonsense.
Word Originmid 18th cent.: fanciful formation based on the given name of Ambrose Philips (died 1749), an English writer whose pastoral poems were ridiculed by Pope and others.Definitions on the go
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