Synonyms of the word niminypiminy


NIMINY-PIMINYDAINTY - MINCING - PRIM - REFINED - TWEE

niminy-piminy

  • adj. overtly or excessively prim.

dainty

  • n. (obsolete) Esteem, honour.
  • n. A delicacy.
  • n. (Canada, Prairies and northwestern Ontario) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square served at a social event…
  • n. (obsolete) An affectionate term of address.
  • adj. (obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.
  • adj. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
  • adj. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

mincing

  • v. present participle of mince.
  • adj. Affectedly dainty.
  • n. The act by which something is minced.

prim

  • adj. prudish, straight-laced.
  • adj. formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice.
  • v. (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
  • v. (dated) To dress or act smartly.
  • n. (plants) privet.

refined

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of refine.
  • adj. Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly.
  • adj. Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly.
  • adj. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly.
  • adj. (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
  • n. (finance) The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

twee

  • adj. (Britain, pejorative) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.

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