milky
Meaning
- Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
- (informal) Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
- Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.
- Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.
- (colloquial) Cowardly.
- (colloquial) Immature, childish.
- (obsolete) Producing milk, lactating.
Synonyms
Translations
latteo
laiteux
γαλακτώδης
milchig
lechoso
lletós
lacteus
lácteo
sütlüFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɪlki/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English mylky, melky, equivalent to milk + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian moalkig (“milky”), West Frisian molkich (“milky”), Dutch melkig (“milky”), German Low German melkig (“milky”), German milchig (“milky”), Danish mælkig (“milky”), Swedish mjölkig (“milky”), Icelandic mjólkugur (“milky”). Doublet of milchig.
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