Milksop
['mɪlksɒp] or ['mɪlksɑp]
Definition
(n.) A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.
Typist: Wesley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Piece of bread sopped in milk.[2]. Poltroon, craven, dastard, coward, effeminate man.
Inputed by Enoch
Examples
- The penniless Colonel became quite obsequious and respectful to the head of his house, and despised the milksop Pitt no longer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I could have told her you'd never put up with such a little milksop! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And that Methodist milksop of an eldest son looks to Parliament, continued Mr. Crawley, after a pause. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He thought Jos a milksop. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She disliked her elder nephew exceedingly, and despised him as a milksop. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was a little wild: how many young men are; and don't girls like a rake better than a milksop? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Marilyn