milksop
noun/ˈmɪlkˌsɒp/
Etymology
From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk + sop.
- inherited from milksop
Definitions
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.
- 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: […]
- “That milksop of a creature pretend to be worthy of such a woman as Mrs. Pendennis,” broke out the Doctor: “where will impudence stop next!”
The neighborhood
- synonymbig girl's blouse
- synonymcandy-arse
- synonymcandy-ass
- synonymcrybaby
- synonymmilksop
- synonymmilquetoast
- synonymnamby
- synonymnamby-pamby
- synonymnestle-cock
- synonympansy
- synonympantywaist
- synonympoon
- antonymdaredevil
- antonymdogmatist
- antonymfirebrand
- antonymhypermasculine man
- antonymshrew
- antonymspitfire
- antonymtroublemaker
- neighborwinesop
- neighbormama's boy
- neighbormollycoddle
- neighborcoward
- neighborpamper
- neighboreffeminate man
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for milksop. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA