namby-pamby



namby-pamby

(ˈnæmbiˈpæmbi)
mod. overly nice; effeminate and weak, when said of a male. Fred is too namby-pamby when it comes to making up his mind.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Maeva-Tahitian, French
ViliVEE-lee (Finnish)Hungarian, Slovene, Finnish
KalieKAY-leeEnglish (Modern)
DamarisDAM-ə-ris (English)Biblical, Biblical Greek
NiamhNEEVIrish, Irish Mythology
Garnett-English