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- MILQUETOAST Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of MILQUETOAST is a timid, meek, or unassertive person How to use milquetoast in a sentence Why is it milquetoast, and not milk toast?
- Milquetoast - Wikipedia
Caspar Milquetoast was a popular American cartoon character created by H T Webster The term “milquetoast” has since come to be used for a meek or timid person Milquetoast may also refer to: Dr Milquetoast, a character in "The Pacifist", by Arthur C Clarke "Milquetoast" (song), a 1994 song from Helmet's album Betty
- MILQUETOAST Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
Milquetoast definition: a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated See examples of MILQUETOAST used in a sentence
- milquetoast - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
milquetoast (comparative more milquetoast, superlative most milquetoast) (originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness If Bach had any guts, he wouldn't take that He's too much of a Milquetoast guy
- meaning and origin of ‘milquetoast’ - word histories
The name Milquetoast is therefore comparable to the noun milksop, which denotes a dish of bread soaked in warm milk, given especially to infants and invalids, and, figuratively, a feeble, timid or ineffectual person, especially a man or boy who is indecisive, effeminate or lacking in courage
- MILQUETOAST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
MILQUETOAST definition: 1 a shy, nervous person with a weak character, usually a man: 2 shy, nervous and with a weak… Learn more
- Milquetoast - definition of milquetoast by The Free Dictionary
Define milquetoast milquetoast synonyms, milquetoast pronunciation, milquetoast translation, English dictionary definition of milquetoast n One who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature milque′toast′y adj American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
- Milquetoast, n. adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word Milquetoast See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence How is the word Milquetoast pronounced? Where does the word Milquetoast come from? The earliest known use of the word Milquetoast is in the 1930s
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