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namby-pamby
(encz) | namby-pamby,polovičatý adj: Jakub Kalousek |
namby-pamby
(encz) | namby-pamby,zženštilý adj: |
Namby-pamby
(gcide) | Namby-pamby \Nam"by-pam`by\, n. [From Ambrose Phillips, in
ridicule of the extreme simplicity of some of his verses.]
Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly
pretty. --Macaulay.
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Namby-pamby
(gcide) | Namby-pamby \Nam"by-pam`by\, a.
1. Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid.
--Thackeray.
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Namby-pamby madrigals of love. --W. Gifford.
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2. Indecisive or weak; lacking firmness or resolve; -- of
actions and policies.
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namby-pamby
(wn) | namby-pamby
adj 1: weak in willpower, courage or vitality [syn: {namby-
pamby}, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy]
n 1: an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental |
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Namby-pamby
(gcide) | Namby-pamby \Nam"by-pam`by\, n. [From Ambrose Phillips, in
ridicule of the extreme simplicity of some of his verses.]
Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly
pretty. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]Namby-pamby \Nam"by-pam`by\, a.
1. Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
Namby-pamby madrigals of love. --W. Gifford.
[1913 Webster]
2. Indecisive or weak; lacking firmness or resolve; -- of
actions and policies.
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