niminy-piminy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Overtly or excessively prim.
Example Sentences
- ""I detest rude, unlady-like girls." "I hate affected, niminy piminy chits.""
- "Inside were many fine pictures, not in the niminy-piminy manner, but strong, full-coloured, and just."
- "You pinheaded, pretentious, pompous, egotistical, niminy-piminy-"
- "We should be less niminy-piminy and say what we think."
- "We began challenging each other to drink a whole tumblerful of wine at a single draught and at high speed. The girls hang back from the ordeal, and returned the glass after spluttering, niminy-piminy sips;"
- "That is what my eating abroad had been: fearful, niminy-piminy slivers of prosciutto and single olives."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more niminy-piminy (comparative)
most niminy-piminy (superlative)
nimini-pimini (alternative)
miminy-piminy (alternative)
niminy-priminy (alternative)