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milksopism

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milk⋅sop

[milk-sop]
–noun
a weak or ineffectual person.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME. See milk, sop


milksopism, noun
milksoppy, milksopping, adjective


milquetoast, softy, namby-pamby, wimp.
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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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