milquetoast
Meanings
Plural: milquetoasts
Noun
- a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
Adj
- Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
Origin / Etymology
Named after Caspar Milquetoast, a character from the comic strip The Timid Soul, created by American cartoonist Harold Tucker Webster (1885–1952) and first published in 1924; the character was named after the American dish milk toast (“a food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk”).
Synonyms
big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, feeble, ineffectual, insipid, milksop, milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nestle-cock, pansy, pantywaist, poon, pushover, pussy, sissy, softy, tenderling, weakling, weenie, wimp, wuss, wussy
Scrabble Score: 22
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