Dictionary

milksop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪlkˌsɒp/
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Etymology

From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk + sop.

Meanings

1. A piece of bread sopped in milk.
2. A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
3. (broadly, derogatory) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
   • “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!” 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XVI, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
   • 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: […] c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], signature M2, verso:

Forms

Antonyms

shrew · dogmatist · spitfire · daredevil · firebrand · hypermasculine man · troublemaker

Deriveds

milksoppy · milksoppery · milksoppish · milksopism

Holonyms

faint of heart

Relateds

coward · effeminate man · pamper · winesop · mollycoddle · mama's boy

Synonyms

pussy · candy-arse · pantywaist · softy · big girl's blouse · wussy · pansy · wuss · wimp · nestle-cock · milquetoast · punk · crybaby · sissy · poon · candy-ass · milksop · tenderling · namby-pamby · milquetoast · weenie · namby · weakling · wuss · sissy · pushover

Translations (54)

ru хлю́пик (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it debole (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · cs bačkora (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · eo invertito (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it pollo (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · fr trouillard (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · kk сүмелек (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · fi vätys (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it pappa molle (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it fifone (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it pisciasotto (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · nl kluns (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it cortigiano (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · nl doetje (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · nl bangerik (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · fr mauviette (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it codardo (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · fi arkajalka (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · mk лигуш (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · pdt Laups (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · ru тря́пка (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it cacasotto (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · ru мо́края ку́рица (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it checca (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · nl watje (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · eo malfortulo (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · es baldragas (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · nl schuimpje (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it vigliacco (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · fr poltron (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it vile (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it coniglio (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it mammoletta (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · eo feblulo (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · fr couard (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · hu anyámasszony katonája (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · es mariquita (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it femminuccia (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it pauroso (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it pappamolle (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it ricchione (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it smidollato (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · eo eŭnuko (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it mollusco (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it merlo (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · eo kovardo (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · fi pullamössö (piece of bread in milk) · fi pullamössö (dish consisting of bread pieces sprinkled with sugar and covered with milk) · bg мамино синче (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · eo leporkoro (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · pdt Schietstremp (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it rammollito (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it pusillanime (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person) · it eunuco (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)