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Definition of Milquetoast
1. Noun. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
Definition of Milquetoast
1. Adjective. Meek, timid. ¹
2. Noun. (pejorative) A person of meek or timid disposition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milquetoast
Literary usage of Milquetoast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"The capital's congested traffic provokes even the mildest milquetoast into
performing hair-raising maneuvers while pretending stop signs are merely ..."
2. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"An opening of some three thousand words done as high comedy on a low level, in
which this Caspar milquetoast (who is physically big and was a football star) ..."
3. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"Gone is the milquetoast meditator of that morning or the hippie of the Sixties
who thought everything was everything, even getting punched in the eye. ..."
4. Jehovah Himself Has Become King by Robert King (2005)
"Contrary to the Watchtower's milquetoast interpretation of Habakkuk, the "evil
gain" is not that of petty drug dealers and swindlers. ..."
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