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namby-pambyness

namby-pambyness is the alternative spelling of namby-pambiness.

Meaning of namby-pambiness

Noun

namby-pambiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being namby-pamby.
    • Many men boastfully spurn the useful but humble rubbers. To wear them seems to argue a lost virility; it is a confession of weak namby-pambiness. Yet the burly traffic policeman wears the effeminate or senile rubber without shame as a part of his uniform.1923 March 25, Bally Fairfield Burton, “The Folly Test of Fashion”, in The New York Times (Magazine section), volume LXXII, number 23,801, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    namby-pambyism

Origin of namby-pambyness

From namby-pamby + -ness.

Questions about namby-pambyness

What is namby-pambyness the alternative spelling of?
Namby-pambyness is the alternative spelling of namby-pambiness.

Words near namby-pambyness in the dictionary

  1. namby-pambiest
  2. namby-pambiness
  3. namby-pamby
  4. namby-pambying
  5. namby-pambyism
  6. namby-pambyness
  7. Nambé
  8. Namcha Barwa
  9. Namchi
  10. name
  11. name after

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