niminy-piminy

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

niminy-piminy (comparative more niminy-piminy, superlative most niminy-piminy)

  1. overtly or excessively prim
    • 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women:
      "I detest rude, unlady-like girls." "I hate affected, niminy piminy chits."
    • 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
      We should be less niminy-piminy and say what we think.

Noun

niminy-piminy (uncountable)

  1. affected delicacy; mincingness
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