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Namby-Pamby
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. Macaulay.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. Thackeray. Namby-pamby madrigals of love. W. Gifford.