namby-pamby

Meanings

Adjective

Insipid and sentimental.
Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy.

Noun

One who is insipid, sentimental or weak.
Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.

Verb

To coddle.

Origin

From the nickname of the poet Ambrose Phillips, coined by Henry Carey in 1726.

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