milksop
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milksop
- /ˈmɪlkˌsɒp/
Where it comes from
From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk + sop.
noun milksops
- A piece of bread sopped in milk.
- A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
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An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
And vvho doth lead them but a paltrey fellovv,? / Long kept in Brittaine at our mothers coſt, / A milkeſopt, one that neuer in his life / Felt ſo much colde as ouer ſhooes in ſnovv: […]
Similar: milquetoast, sissy, wuss
Similar: big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, crybaby, milksop, milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nestle-cock, pansy, pantywaist, poon, punk, pushover, pussy, sissy, softy, tenderling, weakling, weenie, wimp, wuss, wussy · Opposite: daredevil, dogmatist, firebrand, hypermasculine man, shrew, spitfire, troublemaker
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noun
Similar: big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, crybaby, milksop, milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nestle-cock, pansy, pantywaist, poon, punk, pushover, pussy, sissy, softy, tenderling, weakling, weenie, wimp, wuss, wussy · Opposite: daredevil, dogmatist, firebrand, hypermasculine man, shrew, spitfire, troublemaker
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noun easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
| Español | mariquita, baldragas |
|---|---|
| Français | mauviette, trouillard, poltron, couard |
| Italiano | femminuccia, coniglio, mammoletta, pollo, merlo, smidollato |
| Русский | хлю́пик xljúpik, мо́края ку́рица mókraja kúrica, тря́пка trjápka |
Talk about this word "milksop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/milksop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. milksop. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/milksop "milksop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/milksop.Cite this
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title = {milksop},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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