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milksop

[ milk-sop ]

noun

  1. a weak or ineffectual person.

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milksop

/ ˈ³¾Éª±ô°ìËŒ²õÉ’±è /

noun

  1. a feeble or ineffectual man or youth
  2. a dish of bread soaked in warm milk, given esp to infants and invalids
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾¾±±ô°ìËŒ²õ´Ç±è±è²â, adjective
  • ˈ³¾¾±±ô°ìËŒ²õ´Ç±è¾±²õ³¾, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾¾±±ô°ìs´Ç±èi²õ³¾ noun
  • ³¾¾±±ô°ìs´Ç±èp²â ³¾¾±±ô°ìs´Ç±èp¾±²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of milksop1

1350–1400; Middle English. See milk, sop
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Example Sentences

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Anthony Weiner: Is this man — this milksop, this harlequin in boxers — actually single-handedly responsible for our current political reality?

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“Took you all for milksops at first. Deepest apologies,†he added, with a bow.

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As the scroll fell back down into the road yet again, Constance called aloud, “Put some energy into it, you little milksop. I’m not hanging about here all day.â€

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Gray displayed his politics with disarming plainness – he believed in Scottish independence and socialism; I was a milksop unionist and social democrat.

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If you’ll remember, Dante didn’t have enough respect for milksops to give them a special place inside hell.

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