| 单词 | milk-and-waterish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilk-and-ˈwaterish milk-and-ˈwaterish adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > vapid or insipid pappy1597 watery1605 milk-and-water1753 vapid1758 unracy1782 swashy1796 washy1806 milk-and-waterish1807 wish-washy1814 insipid1845 1807 W. Scott Let. Nov.–Dec. (1932) I. 392 It..would be giving the signal to build some vile milk-&-waterish legendary tale upon so beautiful a subject. 1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 19 July 95/3 Mr. Bradlaugh found that Spanish republicans consider the English type of republicanism decidedly tame, effete, and milk-and-waterish. < as lemmas |
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