namby-pambical
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy.
Example Sentences
- "“Of course, – I am being far too nice, aye and no doubt namby-pambical as well, – ha ha, ha, – after all, what’s being confin’d upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Explosion, hey? […]”"
- "Pray tell R. Sheen, I am hugely displeased at his reprinting the Nativity Hymns, and omitting the very best hymn in the collection—All glory to God in the sky, &c. I beg they may never more be printed without it. Omit one or two and I will thank you. They are namby-pambical. I wish you would give us two or three invitatory hymns."
- "The 4th stanza is rather namby-pambical; the sentiment is much better expressed in the 5th."
Etymology
From namby-pamby + -ical.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more namby-pambical (comparative)
most namby-pambical (superlative)