niminy-piminy
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- niminy-pimininess noun
- niminy-piminyism noun
Etymology
Origin of niminy-piminy
1795–1805; rhyming compound; cf. namby-pamby
Example Sentences
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Inside were many fine pictures, not in the niminy-piminy manner, but strong, full-coloured, and just.
From The Path to Rome by Belloc, Hilaire
She'll do the work of a half dozen niminy-piminy dolls like Leighton.
From Miss Pat at School by Ginther, Pemberton
Powerful bard, Gray! but a niminy-piminy creature, afraid of a petticoat and a bottle—not a man, sir, not a man!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
She had given up Beethoven and all the men of might, and had cultivated the niminy-piminy school, which is to music as sunflowers and blue china are to art.
From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
You're a brave lass for all your niminy-piminy lingo.
From The Refugees by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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