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Definitions for milksop
ˈmɪlkˌsɒpmilk·sop
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Princeton's WordNet
sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoastnoun
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
Wiktionary
milksopnoun
A piece of bread sopped in milk.
milksopnoun
A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Milksopnoun
A soft, mild, effeminate, feeble-minded man.
Etymology: milk and sop.
Of a most notorious thief, which lived all his life-time of spoils, one of their bards in his praise will say, that he was none of the idle milksops that was brought up by the fire-side, but that most of his days he spent in arms, and that he did never eat his meat before he had won it with his sword. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
A milksop, one that never in his life
Felt so much cold as over shoes in snow. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.We have as good passions as yourself; and a woman was never designed to be a milksop. Joseph Addison, Spect.
But give him port and potent sack;
From milksop he starts up mohack. Matthew Prior.
Webster Dictionary
Milksopnoun
a piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of milksop in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of milksop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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