milksop
Meanings
Plural: milksops
Noun
- a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- A piece of bread sopped in milk.
- A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
- An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk + sop.
Synonyms
big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, milksop, milquetoast, Milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nestle-cock, pansy, pantywaist, poon, pushover, pussy, sissy, softy, tenderling, weakling, weenie, wimp, wuss, wussy
Scrabble Score: 15
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