Meaning of MILKSOP
| Pronunciation: | | 'milk`sâp
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| | Definition: | | [n] a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive |
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| | Synonyms: | | Milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist, sissy |
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| | See Also: | | coward | |
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| | Definition: | | \Milk"sop`\, n.
A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate
or weak-minded person. --Shak.
To wed a milksop or a coward ape. --Chaucer.
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| | Related Terms: | | ass, baby, big baby, born fool, buffoon, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, clown, coward, cream puff, crybaby, dastard, doodle, doormat, dull tool, effeminate, egregious ass, figure of fun, fool, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, goody-goody, gutless wonder, ignoramus, invertebrate, jackass, jellyfish, lightweight, lily, lily liver, Lord Fauntleroy, lunatic, meek soul, Milquetoast, mollycoddle, mooncalf, mouse, namby-pamby, nance, nancy, nebbish, nonentity, old woman, pansy, pantywaist, Percy, perfect fool, poltroon, pushover, sad sack, scaredy-cat, schmuck, sissy, softhead, softling, softy, sop, stupid ass, tomfool, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver, zany |
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