† miminy-piminyadj.n.

Forms: 1800s miminee piminee, 1800s mimini-pimini, 1800s mimminee-pimminee, 1800s–1900s miminy-piminy.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: niminy-piminy adj.

Etymology: Alteration of niminy-piminy adj., perhaps after mim adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mi:miniˌpi·mini) /ˌmɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ/.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Ridiculously delicate or affected; finicky, over-refined.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy

minikin1545

mincing1560

miniard1584

finical1592

minic1598

nice-mouthed1618

finitive1640

finicking1661

minical1668

precious1712

précieuse1785

niminy-piminy1786

pershittie1808

miminy-piminy1815

finicky1825

nimpy-pimpy1825

niminy1878

too-tooa1884

piminy1890

précieux1891

piss-elegant1941

1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress iii. ii. 55 Lady Emily. You have only, when before your glass, to keep pronouncing to yourself nimini-primini... Miss Alscrip. Nimini-pimini—imini, mimini—oh, it's delightfully enfantine.]

1815 M. Pilkington Celebrity II. 229 Your miminy-piminy fears of hurting the feelings.

1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xxvii. 170 A wreath of flowers of gorgeous hues..in a miminee piminee hand, evidently a young lady's.

1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxiii In a miminy-piminy voice [she] said she was come to make her submission.

1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience ii. 35 A..miminy piminy, Je-ne-sais-quoi young man.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2770/1 We may speak of anyone who has an affected voice or manner, or one who shrinks from unpleasant duties, as miminy-piminy... The reluctance to call an ugly thing by its real name has been called miminy-piminy by some critics and commentators.

B. n.

Finicky or affected writing; verbosity, prolixity.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > euphuism or preciousness

euphuism1592

quaintness1603

miminy-piminy1818

preciosity1867

preciousness1884

1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets viii. 293 All the tantalizing, teasing, tripping, lisping mimminee-pimminee of the highest brilliancy and fashion of poetical diction.

1825 W. Hazlitt Spirit of Age 397 The two lines immediately after..are a mere piece of enigmatical ingenuity and scientific mimminee-pimminee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	miminy-piminy
释义	† miminy-piminyadj.n. Forms: 1800s miminee piminee, 1800s mimini-pimini, 1800s mimminee-pimminee, 1800s–1900s miminy-piminy. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: niminy-piminy adj. Etymology: Alteration of niminy-piminy adj., perhaps after mim adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mi:miniˌpi·mini) /ˌmɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ/. Obsolete. A. adj. Ridiculously delicate or affected; finicky, over-refined. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy minikin1545 mincing1560 miniard1584 finical1592 minic1598 nice-mouthed1618 finitive1640 finicking1661 minical1668 precious1712 précieuse1785 niminy-piminy1786 pershittie1808 miminy-piminy1815 finicky1825 nimpy-pimpy1825 niminy1878 too-tooa1884 piminy1890 précieux1891 piss-elegant1941 1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress iii. ii. 55 Lady Emily. You have only, when before your glass, to keep pronouncing to yourself nimini-primini... Miss Alscrip. Nimini-pimini—imini, mimini—oh, it's delightfully enfantine.] 1815 M. Pilkington Celebrity II. 229 Your miminy-piminy fears of hurting the feelings. 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xxvii. 170 A wreath of flowers of gorgeous hues..in a miminee piminee hand, evidently a young lady's. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxiii In a miminy-piminy voice [she] said she was come to make her submission. 1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience ii. 35 A..miminy piminy, Je-ne-sais-quoi young man. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2770/1 We may speak of anyone who has an affected voice or manner, or one who shrinks from unpleasant duties, as miminy-piminy... The reluctance to call an ugly thing by its real name has been called miminy-piminy by some critics and commentators. B. n. Finicky or affected writing; verbosity, prolixity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > euphuism or preciousness euphuism1592 quaintness1603 miminy-piminy1818 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets viii. 293 All the tantalizing, teasing, tripping, lisping mimminee-pimminee of the highest brilliancy and fashion of poetical diction. 1825 W. Hazlitt Spirit of Age 397 The two lines immediately after..are a mere piece of enigmatical ingenuity and scientific mimminee-pimminee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1815
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