milksop

Signification (Anglais)

1. A piece of bread sopped in milk.
2. A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
3. (broadly, derogatory) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.

Concepts

lavette

pensée

Synonymes

sissy

pantywaist

greenhorn

coward

pansy

weakling

mollycoddle

Milquetoast

ninny

sop

wimp

wuss

molly-coddle

whimperer

spiritless person

snot nose

mamma’s boy

candy-ass

downy beard

crybaby

dolt

mama’s boy

milquetoast

molly

sap

sniveler

softy

Traductions

mariquita

Weichling

Milchbart

Warmduscher

Milchgesicht

βουτυρόπαιδο

εκτεθηλυμένος

المخنث

femminuccia

baffi di latte

melkmuil

vlasbaard

lafbek

boiola

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɪlkˌsɒp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: milksop

In summary

From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk + sop.