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Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.

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  1. n. Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.
  2. a. Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid.
  3. adj. lacking courage or vitality
  4. n. an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental
  5. Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. Macaulay. Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. Thackeray. Namby-pamby madrigals of love. W. Gifford.
  6. Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedlypretty. Macaulay.
  7. j:100 n. an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental s. weak in willpower, courage or vitality