Niminy-piminy

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

overtly or excessively prim.

Definitions by Sense

1. overtly or excessively prim
2. excessive primness; affected delicacy; mincingness
3. one who acts in an excessively prim manner

Example Sentences

"I detest rude, unlady-like girls." "I hate affected, niminy piminy chits."

Inside were many fine pictures, not in the niminy-piminy manner, but strong, full-coloured, and just.

You pinheaded, pretentious, pompous, egotistical, niminy-piminy-

We should be less niminy-piminy and say what we think.

We began challenging each other to drink a whole tumblerful of wine at a single draught and at high speed. The girls hang back from the ordeal, and returned the glass after spluttering, niminy-piminy sips;

That is what my eating abroad had been: fearful, niminy-piminy slivers of prosciutto and single olives.

"I was," she said, "but I didn’t stay." Her nose was shiny and her hair was bedraggled. "If I had been penned in with that niminy-piminy any longer I'd have broken down the door to get out."

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Word Forms

• more niminy-piminy
• most niminy-piminy
• nimini-pimini
• miminy-piminy
• niminy-priminy

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