namby-pamby

suomi-englanti sanakirja

namby-pamby englannista suomeksi

  1. lässyttäjä

  2. nynny

  1. Substantiivi

  2. Verbi

namby-pamby englanniksi

  1. Insipid and sentimental.

  2. Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy.

  3. (RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair) she was still, as heretofore, a namby-pamby milk-and-water affected creature (..)

  4. (quote-book)

  5. One who is insipid, sentimental{{, or weak.

  6. (quote-book)|title=Namby-Pamby: Or a Pangyric on the New Versification Addressed to A⸺ P⸺ Esq.|oclc=49006177|passage=Namby Pamby’s doubly Mild, Once a Man, and twice a Child; To his Hanging-Sleeves restor’d Now he foots it like a Lord; Now he Pumps his little Wits; Sh—ing Writes and Writing Sh—s,(si)

  7. Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.

  8. To coddle.