namby-pambiness

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

namby-pambyness alternative

词源

From namby-pamby + -ness.
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