"namby-pambical" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "namby-pamby",
        "3": "-ical"
      },
      "expansion": "namby-pamby + -ical",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From namby-pamby + -ical.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more namby-pambical",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most namby-pambical",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "namby-pambical (comparative more namby-pambical, superlative most namby-pambical)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Of course, – I am being far too nice, aye and no doubt namby-pambical as well, – ha ha, ha, – after all, what’s being confin’d upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Explosion, hey? […]”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy."
      ],
      "id": "en-namby-pambical-en-adj-S3RxYc~o",
      "links": [
        [
          "namby-pamby",
          "namby-pamby"
        ],
        [
          "vigor",
          "vigor"
        ],
        [
          "decisiveness",
          "decisiveness"
        ],
        [
          "wishy-washy",
          "wishy-washy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1831, John Wesley, edited by John Emory, The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M., Letter to Charles Wesley, December 26, 1761, →OCLC, page 663:",
          "text": "Pray tell R. Sheen, I am hugely displeased at his reprinting the Nativity Hymns, and omitting the very best hymn in the collection—All glory to God in the sky, &c. I beg they may never more be printed without it. Omit one or two and I will thank you. They are namby-pambical. I wish you would give us two or three invitatory hymns.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1848, “The New Hymn Book”, in The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, volume II, page 104:",
          "text": "The 4th stanza is rather namby-pambical; the sentiment is much better expressed in the 5th.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having a namby-pamby character; insipid, sentimental, or weak."
      ],
      "id": "en-namby-pambical-en-adj-OIkTqSKC",
      "links": [
        [
          "insipid",
          "insipid"
        ],
        [
          "sentimental",
          "sentimental"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, archaic) Having a namby-pamby character; insipid, sentimental, or weak."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "namby-pambical"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms suffixed with -ical",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "namby-pamby",
        "3": "-ical"
      },
      "expansion": "namby-pamby + -ical",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From namby-pamby + -ical.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more namby-pambical",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most namby-pambical",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "namby-pambical (comparative more namby-pambical, superlative most namby-pambical)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Of course, – I am being far too nice, aye and no doubt namby-pambical as well, – ha ha, ha, – after all, what’s being confin’d upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Explosion, hey? […]”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "namby-pamby",
          "namby-pamby"
        ],
        [
          "vigor",
          "vigor"
        ],
        [
          "decisiveness",
          "decisiveness"
        ],
        [
          "wishy-washy",
          "wishy-washy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1831, John Wesley, edited by John Emory, The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M., Letter to Charles Wesley, December 26, 1761, →OCLC, page 663:",
          "text": "Pray tell R. Sheen, I am hugely displeased at his reprinting the Nativity Hymns, and omitting the very best hymn in the collection—All glory to God in the sky, &c. I beg they may never more be printed without it. Omit one or two and I will thank you. They are namby-pambical. I wish you would give us two or three invitatory hymns.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1848, “The New Hymn Book”, in The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, volume II, page 104:",
          "text": "The 4th stanza is rather namby-pambical; the sentiment is much better expressed in the 5th.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having a namby-pamby character; insipid, sentimental, or weak."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insipid",
          "insipid"
        ],
        [
          "sentimental",
          "sentimental"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, archaic) Having a namby-pamby character; insipid, sentimental, or weak."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "namby-pambical"
}