9 definitions found for milksop

Milksop MILK'SOP, n. A soft, effeminate, feeble-minded man.
MILK'-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Carduus.

milksop n 1: a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast]

milksop "effeminate spiritless man," attested as a surname c.1246, also applied in M.E. to the infant Christ.

milksop noun Etymology: Middle English, literally, bread soaked in milk Date: 14th century an unmanly man ; mollycoddle

milksop
n. a spiritless man or youth.

milksop ˈmɪlksɔp n. a spiritless man or youth.

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.

milksop ˈmɪlksɔp n. sissy or Brit also cissy, coward, weakling, namby-pamby, mollycoddle, cry-baby, nancy (boy), dastard, poltroon, caitiff, (little) Lord Fauntleroy, poltroon, Archaic caitiff, US milquetoast, Colloq chinless wonder, Brit mother's or mummy's boy, US mama's boy, pantywaist, Slang pansy: We want men, not milksops, in the Marines.

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "milksop": Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, ass, baby, big baby, born fool, buffoon, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, clown, coward, cream puff, crybaby, dastard, doodle, doormat, dull tool, effeminate, egregious ass, figure of fun, fool, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, goody-goody, gutless wonder, ignoramus, invertebrate, jackass, jellyfish, lightweight, lily, lily liver, lunatic, meek soul, mollycoddle, mooncalf, mouse, namby-pamby, nance, nancy, nebbish, nonentity, old woman, pansy, pantywaist, perfect fool, poltroon, pushover, sad sack, scaredy-cat, schmuck, sissy, softhead, softling, softy, sop, stupid ass, tomfool, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver, zany