niminy-piminyadj.

Brit.

/ˌnɪmᵻnɪˈpɪmᵻni/, U.S.

/ˈnɪmᵻniˈpɪmᵻni/

Forms: 1700s–1800s nimini-pimini, 1800s nimeny-pimeny, 1800s– niminy-piminy.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of affected speech (see quot. 1786¹ at main sense), perhaps after namby-pamby adj. Compare miminy-piminy adj. and perhaps also mimp n. and adj.

Mincing, affected; without force, drive, or spirit.Quots. 1786¹ may show use as an interjection.

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.

1786 G. White Let. 25 Mar. in R. Holt-White Life & Lett. G. White (1901) II. 154 I hope you practice every day at your Glass; and that you are by this time perfect mistress of ‘Nimini pimini’.

1801 Monthly Rev. 35 324 With..a smirking countenance, and ‘nimeny pimeny’ lisp.

1820 L. Hunt Indicator 15 Mar. 178 To see her proud, affected, niminy-piminy face in.

1830 J. Jekyll Corr. (1894) 221 She..is an exquisite, her husband a nimini pimini gentleman.

1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. July 115/2 But was there ever such a niminypiminy subject treated in such a niminypiminy way?

a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xxv. 190 A niminy-piminy creature, afraid of a petticoat and a bottle.

1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 45 That niminy-piminy, shallow, self-conscious intellectualism.

1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone (1986) v. 300 Parents are terribly niminy-piminy about telling their children these things.

Derivatives

† niminy-pimininess n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected or artificial quality

affectedness1622

knackishness1660

niminy-pimininess1884

tweeness1958

pseudishness1978

1884 W. C. Hazlitt Offspring Thought 56 There was no Niminy-pimininess about Johnson... He always said what he thought.

† niminy-piminyism n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun]

affectation1548

affection1570

phantastry1656

stilt1735

fal-lal1775

coxcombality1785

meemaw1790

posture-making1797

attitudinarianism1803

attitudinizing1812

piminy1819

stiltishness1824

niminy-piminyism1840

gyvera1866

notion1866

attitudinization1871

effectism1871

jam1882

chichi1908

poncing1969

pseudery1972

1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 48 833 Such a pitiful piece of niminy-piminyism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niminy-piminy
释义	niminy-piminyadj. Brit. /ˌnɪmᵻnɪˈpɪmᵻni/, U.S. /ˈnɪmᵻniˈpɪmᵻni/ Forms: 1700s–1800s nimini-pimini, 1800s nimeny-pimeny, 1800s– niminy-piminy. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of affected speech (see quot. 1786¹ at main sense), perhaps after namby-pamby adj. Compare miminy-piminy adj. and perhaps also mimp n. and adj. Mincing, affected; without force, drive, or spirit.Quots. 1786¹ may show use as an interjection. 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. 1786 G. White Let. 25 Mar. in R. Holt-White Life & Lett. G. White (1901) II. 154 I hope you practice every day at your Glass; and that you are by this time perfect mistress of ‘Nimini pimini’. 1801 Monthly Rev. 35 324 With..a smirking countenance, and ‘nimeny pimeny’ lisp. 1820 L. Hunt Indicator 15 Mar. 178 To see her proud, affected, niminy-piminy face in. 1830 J. Jekyll Corr. (1894) 221 She..is an exquisite, her husband a nimini pimini gentleman. 1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. July 115/2 But was there ever such a niminypiminy subject treated in such a niminypiminy way? a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xxv. 190 A niminy-piminy creature, afraid of a petticoat and a bottle. 1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 45 That niminy-piminy, shallow, self-conscious intellectualism. 1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone (1986) v. 300 Parents are terribly niminy-piminy about telling their children these things. Derivatives † niminy-pimininess n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected or artificial quality affectedness1622 knackishness1660 niminy-pimininess1884 tweeness1958 pseudishness1978 1884 W. C. Hazlitt Offspring Thought 56 There was no Niminy-pimininess about Johnson... He always said what he thought. † niminy-piminyism n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] affectation1548 affection1570 phantastry1656 stilt1735 fal-lal1775 coxcombality1785 meemaw1790 posture-making1797 attitudinarianism1803 attitudinizing1812 piminy1819 stiltishness1824 niminy-piminyism1840 gyvera1866 notion1866 attitudinization1871 effectism1871 jam1882 chichi1908 poncing1969 pseudery1972 1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 48 833 Such a pitiful piece of niminy-piminyism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1786
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