Namby-pambiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being namby-pamby. uncountable

    "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."

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namby-pambyism

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"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."

Etymology

From namby-pamby + -ness.

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