niminipimini, niminypiminy (niminipimini)

and n. [Imitative of a weak minced pronunciation, the form being prob. suggested by similar but unmeaning syllables in nursery rimes and play-rimes, and perhaps also by nam by - pam by. I. a. Affectedly fine or delicate; mincing. There is a return to Angelico's hackneyed, vapid pinks and blues and lilacs, and a return also to his niminy - pim iny lines, to all the wax-doll world of the mi al painter. Contemporary Rev. , LI. 513. II. n. Affected finene or delicacy; mincing[ ne . nimioust (nim'i-us), a. nimieux = Sp. Pg. nimio, extravagant; very great. Now, gracyous Lord, of your nymyos charyté, With hombyll harts to thi presens complayne. Digby Mysteries , p. 115. ( Hall i well .)