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
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
