| 单词 | niminy-piminy |
| 释义 | niminy-piminy[ nim-uh-nee-pim-uh-nee ] / ˈnɪm ə niˈpɪm ə ni / adjectiveaffectedly delicate or refined; mincing; effeminate: A niminy-piminy shyness makes frankness impossible. Origin of niminy-piminy1795–1805; rhyming compound; cf. namby-pamby OTHER WORDS FROM niminy-piminynim·i·ny-pim·i·ni·ness, nounnim·i·ny-pim·i·ny·ism, nounWords nearby niminy-piminynimbyism, Nimeiry, Nîmes, NIMH, nimiety, niminy-piminy, Nimitz, Nimitz, Admiral Chester, nimonic alloy, n'importe, nimps Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for niminy-piminy
British Dictionary definitions for niminy-piminyniminy-piminy / (ˈnɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ) / adjectiveexcessively refined; prim Word Origin for niminy-piminyC19: imitative of a prim affected enunciation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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