Category:Namby-pamby

Nam"by-pam`by, n. Etym: [from ambrose phillips, in ridicule of the Extreme simplicity of some of his verses.]

Defn: talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly Pretty. Macaulay.

Namby-pamby Nam"by-pam`by, a.

Defn: affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. Thackeray. Namby-pamby madrigals of love. W. Gifford.