dilly vs namby-pamby

dilly

noun
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. 

  • A dilly bag. 

adj
  • Silly; characteristic of a dill. 

  • Redolent of dill (the herb). 

namby-pamby

noun
  • One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak. 

  • Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. 

adj
  • Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy. 

  • Insipid and sentimental. 

verb
  • To coddle. 

How often have the words dilly and namby-pamby occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )