milksop

English

Etymology

milk +‎ sop

Noun

milksop (plural milksops)

1. A piece of bread sopped in milk.
2. (by extension, pejorative) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.

Derived terms

• milksoppery
• milksoppish
• milksoppy

Translations

weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person

• Czech: bačkora (cs) c
• Dutch: bangerik (nl),kluns (nl),
• Finnish: vätys (fi)

• Italian: femminuccia (it), coniglio (it) m, mammoletta, pollo (it), merlo (it),smidollato (it), pappa molle, pappamolle, rammollito (it), fifone (it), codardo (it), cortigiano, mollusco (it), vigliacco (it), pusillanime (it), eunuco (it), debole (it) m, pisciasotto (it), cacasotto (it), pauroso (it), vile (it), checca (it), ricchione (it)
• Russian: хлю́пик (ru) m (xljúpik), мо́края ку́рица f (mókraja kúrica), тря́пка (ru) f (trjápka)
• Spanish: mariquita (es) m

See also

• winesop