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miminy-piminy

miminy-piminy is the alternative form of niminy-piminy.

Meaning of niminy-piminy

Adjective

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

  1. Overtly or excessively prim.
    • "I detest rude, unlady-like girls." "I hate affected, niminy piminy chits."1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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Forms of miminy-piminy

comparativemore miminy-piminy
superlativemost miminy-piminy

Questions about miminy-piminy

What is miminy-piminy the alternative form of?
Miminy-piminy is the alternative form of niminy-piminy.

Words near miminy-piminy in the dictionary

  1. mimids
  2. Mimiko
  3. Miminegash
  4. miming
  5. mimings
  6. miminy-piminy
  7. mimiviral
  8. mimivirid
  9. mimivirids
  10. mimivirus
  11. mimiviruses

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