NIMINY

Meaning of NIMINY in English

adjective

Etymology: by shortening

: niminy-piminy

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

NIMINY-PIMINY — adjective Etymology: probably alteration of namby-pamby Date: 1786 affectedly refined ; finicky
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIMINY-PIMINY — |nimənē|pimənē adjective Etymology: probably alteration of namby-pamby : miminy-piminy the … press is already too niminy-piminy, too nice altogether, too …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIMINY-PIMINY — — niminy-pimininess , n. — niminy-piminyism , n. /nim"euh nee pim"euh nee/ , adj. affectedly delicate or refined; mincing; effeminate: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NIMINY-PIMINY — adjective Etymology: probably alteration of namby-pamby Date: 1786 : affectedly refined : finicky
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIMINY-PIMINY — ■ adjective affectedly prim or refined. Origin C18: fanciful coinage; cf. namby-pamby .
Concise Oxford English vocab
NIMINY-PIMINY — [nim.i.ny-pim.i.ny] adj [prob. alter. of namby-pamby] (1786): affectedly refined: finicky
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIMINY-PIMINY — adj. feeble, affected; lacking in vigour. [cf. MIMINY-PIMINY, NAMBY-PAMBY]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NIMINY-PIMINY — adj. feeble, affected; lacking in vigour. Etymology: cf. MIMINY-PIMINY, NAMBY-PAMBY
Oxford English vocab
NIMINY-PIMINY — Function: adjective Synonyms: NICE 1, ||choicy, choosy, dainty, fastidious, finicky, fussy, particular, pernickety, precious
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NIMINY-PIMINY — adjective Synonyms: nice 1, ||choicy, choosy, dainty, fastidious, finicky, fussy, particular, pernickety, precious
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NIMINY-PIMINY — прил. жеманный, манерный, чопорный Syn : affected, mincing жеманный, манерный; чопорный (сленг) женоподобный; как девушка (о мужчине) niminy-piminy жеманный, чопорный, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIMINY-PIMINY — Жеманный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NIMINY-PIMINY — прил. жеманный, манерный, чопорный Syn : affected, mincing жеманный, манерный; чопорный (сленг) женоподобный; как девушка (о мужчине) niminy-piminy жеманный, чопорный, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MIMINY-PIMINY — |mimənē|pimənē adjective Etymology: probably alteration (influenced by mim ) of niminy-piminy : absurdly nice : ridiculously delicate a miminy-piminy … …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIMINI-PIMINY — nimini-piminy, niminy-piminy BrE AmE ˌnɪm ən i ˈpɪm ən i ◂ -ɪn i ˈpɪm ɪn-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MIMINY-PIMINY — adj. overrefined, finical (cf. NIMINY-PIMINY & NAMBY-PAMBY). [imit.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MIMINYPIMINY — adj. overrefined, finical (cf. NIMINY-PIMINY & NAMBY-PAMBY). [ imit. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MIMINY-PIMINY — adj. overrefined, finical (cf. NIMINY-PIMINY & NAMBY-PAMBY). Etymology: imit.
Oxford English vocab
NICE — adj. Function: adjective 1 having or displaying exacting standards FF1C; too nice about his food to like camp cooking FF1E; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NICE — adjective 1. having or displaying exacting standards too nice about his food to like camp cooking Synonyms: ||choicy, choosy, clerkish, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIT-LACED — 25B6; adjective PRIM (AND PROPER), prudish, puritanical, prissy, mimsy, niminy-piminy; conservative, old-fashioned, stuffy, staid, narrow-minded; informal starchy, square, fuddy-duddy. broad-minded.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MINCING — n. 25B6; adjective AFFECTED, dainty, effeminate, niminy-piminy; pretentious; informal camp, sissy; Brit. informal poncey.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOPPISH — adj. 25B6; adjective DANDYISH, dandified, dapper, dressy; affected, preening, vain; effeminate, girly, niminy-piminy, mincing; informal natty, sissy, camp, campy; Brit. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STUFFY — adj. 1 close, airless, unventilated, oppressive, stifling, suffocating, stale, musty, fusty, mouldy, mildewy, muggy, fetid or foetid, frowzy or frouzy …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRIGGISH — adj. (ultra-)conservative, prim, demure, prudish, purist, puristic, pedantic, school-marmish, strait-laced, hidebound, stiff-necked, puritanical, conformist, (Mrs) Grundyish, punctilious, formal, formalistic, strict, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MINCING — adj. effeminate, dainty, delicate, niminy-piminy, foppish, dandyish, over-dainty, affected, put-on, pretentious, precious, Brit twee, Colloq la-di-da or lah-di-dah or la-de-da …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FINICKY — adj. 1 finical, fussy, fastidious, critical, difficult, meticulous, hard to please, (over-)delicate, (over-)dainty, (over-)particular, over-nice, over-precise, niminy-piminy, punctilious, (over-)scrupulous, Colloq …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AFFECTED — adj. 1 unnatural, artificial, specious, stilted, stiff, studied, awkward, non-natural, contrived, mannered Dryden found Shakespeare's style stiff and affected 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MINCING — прил. жеманный, чопорный, манерный, вычурный; аффектированный Syn : affected, finical, cutesy, niminy-piminy жеманный, аффектированный жеманничающий
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
МАНЕРНЫЙ — Niminy-piminy
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
МАНЕРЕН — Niminy-piminy
Русско-Американский Английский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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