Usually means: Affectedly refined, excessively delicate, mincing.
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  1. niminy-piminy: Merriam-Webster
  2. niminy-piminy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. niminy-piminy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. niminy-piminy, niminy-piminy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. niminy-piminy: Vocabulary.com
  6. niminy-piminy: Wiktionary
  7. niminy-piminy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. niminy-piminy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. niminy-piminy: Dictionary.com
  10. niminy-piminy: Rhymezone
  11. niminy-piminy: FreeDictionary.org
  12. niminy-piminy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. niminy-piminy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. niminy-piminy: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (niminy-piminy)

▸ adjective:  overtly or excessively prim
▸ noun:  affected delicacy; mincingness

Similar:
prim, dainty, refined, mincing, twee, Prissy, overnice, overdainty, overimitative, precise, more...

Opposite:
unpretentious, down-to-earth, straightforward

Types:
affected, stilted, artificial, contrived, forced, insincere, mawkish, overly sentimental, more...

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Similar:
prim, dainty, refined, mincing, twee, Prissy, overnice, overdainty, overimitative, precise, more...

Opposite:
unpretentious, down-to-earth, straightforward

Types:
affected, stilted, artificial, contrived, forced, insincere, mawkish, overly sentimental, more...



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