milky

Meaning

1. Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
2. (informal) Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
3. Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.
4. Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.
5. (colloquial) Cowardly.
6. (colloquial) Immature, childish.
7. (obsolete) Producing milk, lactating.

Synonyms

milklike

whitish

opalescent

odor

smell

👃

turbid

waxen

milk

🥛

milk-white

muddy

murky

foggy

🌁

opal

beige

opaline

pearly

lactescent

snowy

made of milk

unclear

cloudy

☁️

white

juicy

lacteal

lactic

lactiferous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪlki/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mylky

Cognate with German: milchig

Cognate with Swedish: mjölkig

In summary

From Middle English mylky, melky, equivalent to milk + -y. Cognate with German milchig (“milky”), Swedish mjölkig (“milky”). Doublet of milchig.