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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: namby-pamby (0.00839 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to namby-pamby.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: namby-pamby
namby-pamby
adj : weak in willpower [syn:
spineless,
wishy-washy]
n : an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Namby-pamby
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.
[PJC]
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