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Definition of Milksop
1. Noun. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
Definition of Milksop
1. n. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.
Definition of Milksop
1. Noun. A piece of bread sopped in milk. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension pejorative) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milksop
1. an effeminate man [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milksop
Literary usage of Milksop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1845)
"Come hither, milksop, says she, stand by me, The killing And whines so at his
coming home again? _ - The kindness you have shown him, you shall see. ..."
2. Secret History of the Court of England from the Accession of George the by Anne Hamilton (1901)
"milksop Daily Journals —The Virtues of a Royal Duke — Military ... Some of the
milksop daily journals, notwithstanding, were very profuse in their ..."
3. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"... adj. quite alone, lonely ; — fob,n« Леи, n. cent, home-child, fondling, milksop,
nursling; — fool«,/. oíd. —laugt 5 —forge/, motherly or maternal care; ..."
4. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"Avast! nor don't think me a milksop so soft To be taken by trifles aback ; For
they say there's a Providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of ..."
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