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milk⋅sop

  [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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milk·sop   (mĭlk'sŏp')   
n.  A man lacking courage and other qualities deemed manly.
milk'sop'py adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

milksop 
"effeminate spiritless man," attested as a surname c.1246, also applied in M.E. to the infant Christ.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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