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niminy-piminy

adjective more niminy-piminy · most niminy-piminy · nimini-pimini · miminy-piminy · niminy-priminy

  1. Overtly or excessively prim. "I detest rude, unlady-like girls." "I hate affected, niminy piminy chits."

noun nimini-pimini · miminy-piminy · niminy-priminy

  1. uncountable excessive primness; affected delicacy; mincingness
  2. uncountable one who acts in an excessively prim manner "I was," she said, "but I didn’t stay." Her nose was shiny and her hair was bedraggled. "If I had been penned in with that niminy-piminy any longer I'd have broken down the door to get out."

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@misc{niminy_piminy_2026,
  title = {niminy-piminy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/niminy-piminy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}