noun
Meaning 1
A piece of bread sopped in milk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
milksop
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈmɪlkˌsɒp/
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noun
Meaning 2
A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: milquetoast, sissy, wuss
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, Milquetoast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coward
History
Etymology
From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk + sop.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pullamössö — piece of bread in milk
- Finnish: pullamössö — dish consisting of bread pieces sprinkled with sugar and covered with milk
- Bulgarian: мамино синче (mamino sinče) — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Czech: bačkora — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Dutch: bangerik — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Dutch: kluns — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Dutch: watje — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Dutch: doetje — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Dutch: schuimpje — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Esperanto: malfortulo — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Esperanto: feblulo — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Esperanto: kovardo — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Esperanto: leporkoro — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Esperanto: invertito — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Esperanto: eŭnuko — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Finnish: vätys — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Finnish: arkajalka — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- French: mauviette — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- French: trouillard — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- French: poltron — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- French: couard — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Hungarian: anyámasszony katonája — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: femminuccia — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: coniglio — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: mammoletta — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: pollo — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: merlo — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: smidollato — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: pappa molle — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: pappamolle — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: rammollito — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: fifone — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: codardo — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: cortigiano — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: mollusco — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: vigliacco — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: pusillanime — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: eunuco — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: debole — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: pisciasotto — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: cacasotto — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: pauroso — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: vile — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: checca — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Italian: ricchione — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Macedonian: лигуш (liguš) — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Plautdietsch: Schietstremp — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Plautdietsch: Laups — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Russian: хлю́пик (xljúpik) — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Russian: мо́края ку́рица (mókraja kúrica) — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Russian: тря́пка (trjápka) — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Spanish: mariquita — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
- Spanish: baldragas — easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person