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namby-pambical

adj

Etymology

From namby-pamby + -ical.

Definitions

  1. Like or resembling a namby-pamby

    Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy.

    • “Of course, – I am being far too nice, aye and no doubt namby-pambical as well, – ha ha, ha, – after all, what’s being confin’d upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Explosion, hey? […]”

  2. Having a namby-pamby character

    Having a namby-pamby character; insipid, sentimental, or weak.

    • The 4th stanza is rather namby-pambical; the sentiment is much better expressed in the 5th.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA