nambypamby

Definitions of namby pamby in various dictionaries:

noun - an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

adj - weak in willpower, courage or vitality

Insipid and sentimental.

This word is derived from the name of Ambrose Philips, a little-known poet who wrote verse that incurred the sharp ridicule of two other 18th-century poets, Alexander Pope and his friend Henry Carey.