milksop

  • 11Milksop —    Recorded since the thirteenth century as a term of abuse for a man lacking courage, and still to be heard in school playgrounds, according to the Opies in The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. The original reference was probably to bread… …

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  • 12milksop — noun Etymology: Middle English, literally, bread soaked in milk Date: 14th century an unmanly man ; mollycoddle …

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  • 13milksop — milksopism, n. milksoppy, milksopping, adj. /milk sop /, n. a weak or ineffectual person. [1350 1400; ME. See MILK, SOP] Syn. milquetoast, softy, namby pamby, wimp. * * * …

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  • 14milksop — noun a) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person. b) A piece of bread sopped in milk …

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  • 15milksop — Synonyms and related words: 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… …

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  • 16milksop — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pantywaist, milquetoast, sissy; see coward . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *wimp, mouse, *chicken, *wuss, coward, pansy, sissy, baby, pantywaist, milquetoast. ANT.: macho man, he man, hero III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun …

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  • 17milksop — milk|sop [ mılk,sap ] noun count OLD FASHIONED an insulting word for a boy or man who is not brave …

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  • 18milksop — mɪlksÉ‘p / sÉ’p n. wimp, delicate man, man who lacks masculine qualities adj. cowardly, wimpy, not manly …

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  • 19milksop — noun a timid or ineffectual man or boy …

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  • 20milksop — n. 1. Piece of bread sopped in milk. 2. Effeminate man, feeble minded man …

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