milksop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
    pansy; sissy; pantywaist; Milquetoast.

WordNet


Milk"sop` noun
Definitions
  1. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person. Shak.
    To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer.

Webster 1913