Hypertext Webster Gateway: "milksop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Milksop \Milk"sop`\, n.
A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate
or weak-minded person. --Shak.
To wed a milksop or a coward ape. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
milksop
n : a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn:
{sissy}, {pantywaist}, {pansy}, {Milquetoast}]
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