whimpery
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]whimpery (comparative more whimpery, superlative most whimpery)
- Resembling a whimper.
- 1982 August 21, Will Doherty, Allen Ginsberg, “Certain Bohemian Truths: Talking with Allen Ginsberg”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 6, page 8:
- People have gotten more courage and realized that all that they have to do is to speak up with sincerity and authority and self-confidence, then other people have confidence in them. Whereas, if they speak up with a big wounded whimpery voice, people will think they're freaks and queers.
- a whimpery noise
- Making a whimpering sound.
- a whimpery child