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Webster 1913 Edition

Milksop

Milk′sopˊ

,

Noun.

A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.

Shak.

To wed a

milksop

or a coward ape.

Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Milksop

MILK'SOP

,

Noun.

A soft, effeminate, feeble-minded man.

Definition 2024

milksop

milksop

English

Noun

milksop ‎(plural milksops)

A piece of bread sopped in milk.
(by extension, pejorative) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.

Derived terms

Translations

weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person

Czech: bačkora (cs) c
Finnish: vätys (fi)
Italian: femminuccia (it), coniglio (it) m, mammoletta, pollo (it), merlo (it),smidollato (it), pappa molle, pappamolle, rammollito (it), fifone (it), codardo (it), cortigiano, mollusco (it), vigliacco (it), pusillanime (it), eunuco (it), debole (it) m, pisciasotto (it), cacasotto (it), pauroso (it), vile (it), checca (it), ricchione (it)

Russian: хлю́пик (ru) m ‎(xljúpik), мо́края ку́рица f ‎(mókraja kúrica), тря́пка (ru) f ‎(trjápka)
Spanish: mariquita (es) m

See also

winesop