NAMBY­PAMBY


Meaning of NAMBY­PAMBY in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 lacking vigour or drive; weak. 2 insipidly pretty or sentimental.

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a namby-pamby person. 2 namby-pamby talk.

[ fanciful formulation on name of Ambrose Philips, Engl. pastoral writer d. 1749 ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.