MILKSOP

sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast

(noun) a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

Source: WordNet® 3.1

milksop (plural milksops)

A piece of bread sopped in milk.

Bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar, & covered in hot milk.

(by extension, pejorative) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.

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

Source: Wiktionary

Milk"sop`, n.

Definition: A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person. Shak. To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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