Meaning

1 senses

  1. To coddle.

Origin

From the poem Namby-Pamby (1726) by Henry Carey, a satire on the sentimental pastorals of

From the poem Namby-Pamby (1726) by Henry Carey, a satire on the sentimental pastorals of the poet Ambrose Phillips.

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Forms

namby-pambies, namby-pambying, namby-pambied, namby-pambied
Base formnamby-pamby · to namby-pamby
3rd person singularnamby-pambies
Present participlenamby-pambying
Past simplenamby-pambied
Past participlenamby-pambied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynamby-pamby
he, she, itnamby-pambies

Past simpleLesson

all personsnamby-pambied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave namby-pambied
he, she, ithas namby-pambied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill namby-pamby

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
naivetyC1nakbanakedB1naloxonenameA1namely

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