milksop

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlkˌsɒp/

Noun

milksop (plural milksops)

1. A piece of bread sopped in milk.
2. Bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar, & covered in hot milk.
3. (by extension, derogatory) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
   • 1848-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 16:

     “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!”

Synonyms

• (weak person): milquetoast, sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop

Derived terms

• milksoppery
• milksoppish
• milksoppy

Translations

piece of bread in milk

• Finnish: pullamössö (fi)
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bread pieces in a bowl

• Finnish: pullamössö (fi)
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weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person

• Bulgarian: мамино синче (mamino sinče)
• Czech: bačkora (cs) c
• Dutch: bangerik (nl), kluns (nl),
• Esperanto: malfortulo, feblulo, kovardo, leporkoro, invertito, eŭnuko
• Finnish: vätys (fi) (ineffectual); arkajalka (fi) (easily frightened)
• French: mauviette, trouillard, poltron, couard
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• Italian: femminuccia (it), coniglio (it) m, mammoletta, pollo (it), merlo (it), smidollato (it), pappa molle, pappamolle, rammollito (it), fifone (it), codardo (it), cortigiano (it), mollusco (it), vigliacco (it), pusillanime (it), eunuco (it), debole (it) m, pisciasotto (it), cacasotto (it), pauroso (it), vile (it), checca (it), ricchione (it)
• Plautdietsch: Schietstremp f, Laups m
• Russian: хлю́пик (ru) m (xljúpik), мо́края ку́рица (ru) f (mókraja kúrica), тря́пка (ru) f (trjápka)
• Spanish: mariquita (es) m, baldragas m

See also

• winesop