niminy-piminy

1. 1.

   affectedly dainty or refined

   Synonymsmincingprimtwee

   Similarrefined

Questions about niminy-piminy

What does niminy-piminy mean?

niminy-piminy means "affectedly dainty or refined".

How many syllables are in niminy-piminy?

niminy-piminy has 6 syllables: ni-mi-ny--pi-mi-ny. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for niminy-piminy?

Close synonyms include mincing, prim, twee. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is niminy-piminy a common word?

niminy-piminy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.