namby-pamby
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namby-pamby englanniksi
Insipid and sentimental.
Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy.
(RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair) she was still, as heretofore, a namby-pamby milk-and-water affected creature (..)
(quote-book)
One who is insipid, sentimental{{, or weak.
(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)
Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.
To coddle.