Milksop \Milk"sop`\, n.
A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate
or weak-minded person. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
To wed a milksop or a coward ape. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
milksop
n : a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn:
sissy, pantywaist, pansy, Milquetoast]
WordNet (r) 2.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "milksop":
Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, ass, baby, big baby,
born fool, buffoon, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, clown, coward,
cream puff, crybaby, dastard, doodle, doormat, dull tool,
effeminate, egregious ass, figure of fun, fool, fraid-cat,
fraidy-cat, funk, funker, goody-goody, gutless wonder, ignoramus,
invertebrate, jackass, jellyfish, lightweight, lily, lily liver,
lunatic, meek soul, mollycoddle, mooncalf, mouse, namby-pamby,
nance, nancy, nebbish, nonentity, old woman, pansy, pantywaist,
perfect fool, poltroon, pushover, sad sack, scaredy-cat, schmuck,
sissy, softhead, softling, softy, sop, stupid ass, tomfool,
weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver, zany
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist, sissy
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