NAMBY-PAMBY


Meaning of NAMBY-PAMBY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnæmbɪˈpæmbɪ ]

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]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.