n. A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A piece of bread sopped in milk.
n. A soft, effeminate, girlish man; one who is devoid of manliness: a term of contempt.
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n. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
Word Usage
"Detmar is the sort of chap who would once have been described as a milksop; when Issie met him in 1988 he was 25, but so close to his mother he used to shop for her sanitary towels."