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niminy piminy

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nim⋅i⋅ny-pim⋅i⋅ny

  [nim-uh-nee-pim-uh-nee]
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–adjective
affectedly delicate or refined; mincing; effeminate: A niminy-piminy shyness makes frankness impossible.
Origin:
1795–1805; rhyming compound; cf. namby-pamby

Related forms:
nim⋅i⋅ny-pim⋅i⋅ni⋅ness, noun
nim⋅i⋅ny-pim⋅i⋅ny⋅ism, noun
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