Milksop

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Milksop \Milk"sop`\, n.
     A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate
     or weak-minded person. --Shak.
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           To wed a milksop or a coward ape.        --Chaucer.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  milksop
       n : a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn:
           {sissy}, {pantywaist}, {pansy}, {Milquetoast}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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