MILKY

milky, milklike, whitish

(adjective) resembling milk in color; not clear; “milky glass”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Adjective

milky (comparative milkier, superlative milkiest)

Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.

(color science, informal) Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.

(of a drink) Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.

(of grains) Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.

(colloquial) Cowardly.

(colloquial) Immature, childish.

(obsolete) Producing milk, lactating.

Synonyms

• (resembling milk): lacteous; see also lacteous

• (containing milk): lactiferous

• (cowardly): fearful, nithing; see also cowardly

• (immature): infantile, puerile; see also childish

• (producing milk): lactifluous, nursing, with milk

Source: Wiktionary

---

Milk"y, a.

1. Consisting of, or containing, milk. Pails high foaming with a milky flood. Pope.

2. Like, or somewhat like, milk; whitish and turbid; as, the water is milky. "Milky juice." Arbuthnot.

3. Yielding milk. "Milky mothers." Roscommon.

4. Mild; tame; spiritless. Has friendship such a faint and milky heart Shak. Milky Way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---