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milksop
[ milk-sop ]
noun
- a weak or ineffectual person.
Synonyms: , , ,
milksop
/ ˈ³¾Éª±ô°ìËŒ²õÉ’±è /
noun
- a feeble or ineffectual man or youth
- a dish of bread soaked in warm milk, given esp to infants and invalids
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾¾±±ô°ìËŒ²õ´Ç±è±è²â, adjective
- ˈ³¾¾±±ô°ìËŒ²õ´Ç±è¾±²õ³¾, noun
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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Anthony Weiner: Is this man — this milksop, this harlequin in boxers — actually single-handedly responsible for our current political reality?
“Took you all for milksops at first. Deepest apologies,†he added, with a bow.
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€
Gray displayed his politics with disarming plainness – he believed in Scottish independence and socialism; I was a milksop unionist and social democrat.
If you’ll remember, Dante didn’t have enough respect for milksops to give them a special place inside hell.
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