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milk·sop

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–noun

a weak or ineffectual person.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME. See milk, sop

]

—Related forms

milksopism, noun

milksoppy, milksopping, adjective

—Synonyms milquetoast, softy, namby-pamby, wimp.

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n. A man lacking courage and other qualities deemed manly.

milk'sop'py adj.

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milksop

"effeminate spiritless man," attested as a surname c.1246, also applied in M.E. to the infant Christ.

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milksop
noun
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy]

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Milksop

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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