milksopn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlksɒp/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlkˌsɑp/

Forms: see milk n.¹ and sop n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, sop n.¹

Etymology: < milk n.¹ + sop n.¹The figurative use (sense 1a) is attested earlier than the literal use (sense 2a). The word is attested earlier as a surname: Rogerus Milksoppe (1231), Robertus Mulksop (1255), William Melksop (1284), etc.

a. A feeble, timid, or ineffectual person, esp. a man or boy who is indecisive, effeminate, or lacking in courage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man

badlingeOE

milksopc1390

cockneyc1405

malkina1425

molla1425

weakling1526

tenderling1541

softling1543

niceling1549

woman-man1567

cocknel1570

effeminate1583

androgyne1587

meacock1590

mammaday1593

hermaphrodite1594

midwife1596

nimfadoro1600

night-sneaker1611

mock-mana1625

nan1670

she-man1675

petit maître1711

old woman1717

master-miss1754

Miss Molly1754

molly1785

squaw1805

mollycoddle1823

Miss Nancy1824

mollycot1826

molly mop1829

poof1833

Margery?c1855

ladyboy1857

girl1862

Mary Ann1868

sissy1879

milk1881

pretty-boy1881

nancy1888

poofter1889

Nancy Dawson1890

softie1895

puff1902

pussy1904

Lizzie1905

nance1910

quean1910

maricon1921

pie-face1922

bitch1923

Jessie1923

lily1923

tapette1923

pansy1926

nancy boy1927

nelly1931

femme1932

ponce1932

queerie1933

palone1934

queenie1935

girlie-man1940

swish1941

puss1942

wonk1945

mother1947

candy-ass1953

twink1953

cream puff1958

pronk1959

swishy1959

limp wrist1960

pansy-ass1963

weeny1963

poofteroo1966

mo1968

shim1973

twinkie1977

woofter1977

cake boy1992

hermaphrodite-

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > quality of unmanliness > one who is unmanly

milksopc1390

meacock1526

sissy1879

softie1895

Jessie1923

pantywaist1935

candy-ass1953

c1390 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3100 Allas..that euere I was shape To wedden a milksop or a coward ape.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 847 The Erle of Richmond Capitayne of thys rebellion, he is a Welshe milksop.

1618 J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) II. 372 They fell upon him with opprobrious words, of Coward, Cotquene, milksopp.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta ii. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkk2^v/1 Thou milksop,..canst thou feare to see A few light hurts, that blush they are no bigger?

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 144 I ought to be d—n'd for having spoiled one of the prettiest Fellows in the World, by making a Milk-sop of him.

a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. v. 42 Set down that slabbering milksop..and let her shift for herself.

1794 J. Byng Diary 23 May in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 30 But as he will neither drink deep, nor hunt madly, he may, possibly, be esteem'd a milk sop, or a fool.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 156 Martin..had found in the old pupil a very different sort of person from the milksop he had prepared himself to expect.

1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. II. 377 Fielding has a contempt for Richardson as a milksop.

1902 R. H. Barbour Behind Line 42 ‘I think you'll win,’ said Cowan. ‘This chump Livingston that Foster is booming is a regular milksop.’

1990 J. Rose Modigliani 150 He found her solicitude touching but Modigliani dismissed her, calling her a milksop.

†b. An infant still on a milk diet. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > suckling

suckingc975

suckerc1384

suckerelc1440

sucklingc1440

pap-hawk?a1475

milksopa1500

nursling1605

teatling1631

nursery1642

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 115 Secundus pastor. Hayll, lytyll mylk sop!

a. A piece of bread soaked in milk. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread dish > [noun] > sops > a sop

sopa1000

wine-sop14..

milksopa1475

water-sopa1500

honeysop?a1513

sippet1530

sipping1535

sup1543

miser1594

sop in the pana1625

joy-sop1648

soppet1664

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 53 (MED) Melle white brede in dysshes..Powre in wellyd mylke..Þat called is mylke soppys.

1750 M. Clancy Sharper 11 How thriftily she soaks her Milksop.

1883 T. Hardy Milkmaid in Graphic 30 June 5/1 Weather-wisdom was imbibed along with their milk-sops by the children of the Swenn Vale.

1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vii. 247 White bread in hot milk, known as ‘milk sops’, was a supper for a Saturday night.

1998 Falconers & Raptor Conservation Mag. Spring 35/2 Milk sops..must never form the basis of a diet for a ferret.

†b. figurative. In plural. Nourishment appropriate to the earliest stages of development (cf. milk n.¹ 3a). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun]

fickling?c1225

flattering?c1225

oluhningc1225

glozec1290

glozing1297

losengery1303

blandishingc1305

blandingc1315

flatteryc1320

glotheringc1325

soothinga1400

honey word?1406

faginga1425

flatrisec1440

smekingc1440

blandishc1475

blandiment?1510

glavering1545

coggingc1555

good1563

milksop1577

court holy water1583

glavery1583

blandishment1591

lipsalve1591

court holy bread1592

flatter1593

colloguing1596

sooth1597

daub?1602

blandation1605

lullaby1611

court-water1616

butter1618

blandiloquy1623

oil1645

court-element1649

courtshipment1649

courtship1655

blandiloquence1656

court-creama1657

daubing1656

fleecha1700

Spanish money1699

cajole1719

whiting1721

palaver1733

butter boat1747

flummery1749

treacle1771

Spanish coin1785

blancmange1790

blarney1796

soft corn1814

whillywha1816

carney1818

buttering up1819

soft soap1821

flam1825

slaver1825

soft solder1836

soothing syrup1839

soft-soaping1840

plámás1853

sawder1854

soap1854

salve1859

taffy1878

plámásing1897

flannel1927

smarm1937

flannelling1945

sweet talk1945

schmear1950

smarming1950

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. iv. xxii. 71 Pinytus..requireth, that stronger meat beinge deliuered, he fead the flocke committed vnto his charge, with more absolute and profound doctrine, least that they lingering in their milkesoppes, and smothe exhortacions, waxe old through negligence, in childish nurture.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

ΚΠ

1650 Mercurius Pragmaticus (for King Charls II) No. 45. sig. Yy3 This Milk-sop Re-publique, or the Kingdome of Westminster.

1750 ‘P. M'Blush’ Let. 25 Apr. in Student 1 No. 4. 141 The milksop looks and mincing steps of the pretty gentlemen.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 97 Like a fool Ripe from a milksop boarding-school.

1928 H. Crane Let. 27 Mar. (1965) 321 Scored keenly in tussle with the milksop critic.

1995 S. K. Penman When Christ & his Saints Slept (1996) liii. 669 If you heard that the French king's milksop allies fled like rabbits, that is true enough.

C2.

† milksop dish n. Obsolete a dish consisting of food made with or from milk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > milk and cream dishes > [noun]

milksop dish1628

pudding1896

dulce de leche1923

milchigs1949

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvi. sig. E12^v Quaking Tarts, and quiuering Custards, and such milke-sop Dishes.

Derivatives

ˈmilksopping adj. rare = milksoppy adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective]

arghc885

unboldc897

bletheOE

feyOE

frightfula1325

fearedc1330

fearfulc1374

ferdfula1382

palea1393

ferdya1400

ghastful1422

tremblingc1430

timorousc1450

cremeuse1477

craintive1490

cocklea1500

sheepish?1518

awfula1522

meticulousc1540

timidc1550

sheepa1556

tremebundc1560

timorsomec1600

tremulous1611

pigeon-hearteda1625

affrightful1631

formidolous1656

pavid1656

timidous1658

unsupported1694

tender-nosed1700

scary1773

pippin-hearted1809

kitten-hearted1831

funky1835

misventurous1849

milksoppish1852

tender-footed1854

fearsome1863

scare1885

milksoppy1886

milksopping1888

cotton wool1909

1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. ii. 40 Y' are a milk-sopping baby, so to harp on women.

ˈmilksoppism n. rare the characteristics of a milksop.

ΚΠ

1832 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 392 This new dandyfied era of milksoppism.

† milksop-like adj. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Pij Farre more milke~soplyke and womannishe to cast foorth teares.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	milksop
释义	milksopn. Brit. /ˈmɪlksɒp/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˌsɑp/ Forms: see milk n.¹ and sop n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, sop n.¹ Etymology: < milk n.¹ + sop n.¹The figurative use (sense 1a) is attested earlier than the literal use (sense 2a). The word is attested earlier as a surname: Rogerus Milksoppe (1231), Robertus Mulksop (1255), William Melksop (1284), etc. 1. a. A feeble, timid, or ineffectual person, esp. a man or boy who is indecisive, effeminate, or lacking in courage. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man badlingeOE milksopc1390 cockneyc1405 malkina1425 molla1425 weakling1526 tenderling1541 softling1543 niceling1549 woman-man1567 cocknel1570 effeminate1583 androgyne1587 meacock1590 mammaday1593 hermaphrodite1594 midwife1596 nimfadoro1600 night-sneaker1611 mock-mana1625 nan1670 she-man1675 petit maître1711 old woman1717 master-miss1754 Miss Molly1754 molly1785 squaw1805 mollycoddle1823 Miss Nancy1824 mollycot1826 molly mop1829 poof1833 Margery?c1855 ladyboy1857 girl1862 Mary Ann1868 sissy1879 milk1881 pretty-boy1881 nancy1888 poofter1889 Nancy Dawson1890 softie1895 puff1902 pussy1904 Lizzie1905 nance1910 quean1910 maricon1921 pie-face1922 bitch1923 Jessie1923 lily1923 tapette1923 pansy1926 nancy boy1927 nelly1931 femme1932 ponce1932 queerie1933 palone1934 queenie1935 girlie-man1940 swish1941 puss1942 wonk1945 mother1947 candy-ass1953 twink1953 cream puff1958 pronk1959 swishy1959 limp wrist1960 pansy-ass1963 weeny1963 poofteroo1966 mo1968 shim1973 twinkie1977 woofter1977 cake boy1992 hermaphrodite- the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > quality of unmanliness > one who is unmanly milksopc1390 meacock1526 sissy1879 softie1895 Jessie1923 pantywaist1935 candy-ass1953 c1390 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3100 Allas..that euere I was shape To wedden a milksop or a coward ape. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 847 The Erle of Richmond Capitayne of thys rebellion, he is a Welshe milksop. 1618 J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) II. 372 They fell upon him with opprobrious words, of Coward, Cotquene, milksopp. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta ii. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkk2^v/1 Thou milksop,..canst thou feare to see A few light hurts, that blush they are no bigger? 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 144 I ought to be d—n'd for having spoiled one of the prettiest Fellows in the World, by making a Milk-sop of him. View more context for this quotation a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. v. 42 Set down that slabbering milksop..and let her shift for herself. 1794 J. Byng Diary 23 May in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 30 But as he will neither drink deep, nor hunt madly, he may, possibly, be esteem'd a milk sop, or a fool. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 156 Martin..had found in the old pupil a very different sort of person from the milksop he had prepared himself to expect. 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. II. 377 Fielding has a contempt for Richardson as a milksop. 1902 R. H. Barbour Behind Line 42 ‘I think you'll win,’ said Cowan. ‘This chump Livingston that Foster is booming is a regular milksop.’ 1990 J. Rose Modigliani 150 He found her solicitude touching but Modigliani dismissed her, calling her a milksop. †b. An infant still on a milk diet. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > suckling suckingc975 suckerc1384 suckerelc1440 sucklingc1440 pap-hawk?a1475 milksopa1500 nursling1605 teatling1631 nursery1642 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 115 Secundus pastor. Hayll, lytyll mylk sop! 2. a. A piece of bread soaked in milk. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread dish > [noun] > sops > a sop sopa1000 wine-sop14.. milksopa1475 water-sopa1500 honeysop?a1513 sippet1530 sipping1535 sup1543 miser1594 sop in the pana1625 joy-sop1648 soppet1664 a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 53 (MED) Melle white brede in dysshes..Powre in wellyd mylke..Þat called is mylke soppys. 1750 M. Clancy Sharper 11 How thriftily she soaks her Milksop. 1883 T. Hardy Milkmaid in Graphic 30 June 5/1 Weather-wisdom was imbibed along with their milk-sops by the children of the Swenn Vale. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vii. 247 White bread in hot milk, known as ‘milk sops’, was a supper for a Saturday night. 1998 Falconers & Raptor Conservation Mag. Spring 35/2 Milk sops..must never form the basis of a diet for a ferret. †b. figurative. In plural. Nourishment appropriate to the earliest stages of development (cf. milk n.¹ 3a). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] fickling?c1225 flattering?c1225 oluhningc1225 glozec1290 glozing1297 losengery1303 blandishingc1305 blandingc1315 flatteryc1320 glotheringc1325 soothinga1400 honey word?1406 faginga1425 flatrisec1440 smekingc1440 blandishc1475 blandiment?1510 glavering1545 coggingc1555 good1563 milksop1577 court holy water1583 glavery1583 blandishment1591 lipsalve1591 court holy bread1592 flatter1593 colloguing1596 sooth1597 daub?1602 blandation1605 lullaby1611 court-water1616 butter1618 blandiloquy1623 oil1645 court-element1649 courtshipment1649 courtship1655 blandiloquence1656 court-creama1657 daubing1656 fleecha1700 Spanish money1699 cajole1719 whiting1721 palaver1733 butter boat1747 flummery1749 treacle1771 Spanish coin1785 blancmange1790 blarney1796 soft corn1814 whillywha1816 carney1818 buttering up1819 soft soap1821 flam1825 slaver1825 soft solder1836 soothing syrup1839 soft-soaping1840 plámás1853 sawder1854 soap1854 salve1859 taffy1878 plámásing1897 flannel1927 smarm1937 flannelling1945 sweet talk1945 schmear1950 smarming1950 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. iv. xxii. 71 Pinytus..requireth, that stronger meat beinge deliuered, he fead the flocke committed vnto his charge, with more absolute and profound doctrine, least that they lingering in their milkesoppes, and smothe exhortacions, waxe old through negligence, in childish nurture. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1650 Mercurius Pragmaticus (for King Charls II) No. 45. sig. Yy3 This Milk-sop Re-publique, or the Kingdome of Westminster. 1750 ‘P. M'Blush’ Let. 25 Apr. in Student 1 No. 4. 141 The milksop looks and mincing steps of the pretty gentlemen. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 97 Like a fool Ripe from a milksop boarding-school. 1928 H. Crane Let. 27 Mar. (1965) 321 Scored keenly in tussle with the milksop critic. 1995 S. K. Penman When Christ & his Saints Slept (1996) liii. 669 If you heard that the French king's milksop allies fled like rabbits, that is true enough. C2. † milksop dish n. Obsolete a dish consisting of food made with or from milk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > milk and cream dishes > [noun] milksop dish1628 pudding1896 dulce de leche1923 milchigs1949 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvi. sig. E12^v Quaking Tarts, and quiuering Custards, and such milke-sop Dishes. Derivatives ˈmilksopping adj. rare = milksoppy adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] arghc885 unboldc897 bletheOE feyOE frightfula1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 ferdfula1382 palea1393 ferdya1400 ghastful1422 tremblingc1430 timorousc1450 cremeuse1477 craintive1490 cocklea1500 sheepish?1518 awfula1522 meticulousc1540 timidc1550 sheepa1556 tremebundc1560 timorsomec1600 tremulous1611 pigeon-hearteda1625 affrightful1631 formidolous1656 pavid1656 timidous1658 unsupported1694 tender-nosed1700 scary1773 pippin-hearted1809 kitten-hearted1831 funky1835 misventurous1849 milksoppish1852 tender-footed1854 fearsome1863 scare1885 milksoppy1886 milksopping1888 cotton wool1909 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. ii. 40 Y' are a milk-sopping baby, so to harp on women. ˈmilksoppism n. rare the characteristics of a milksop. ΚΠ 1832 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 392 This new dandyfied era of milksoppism. † milksop-like adj. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Pij Farre more milke~soplyke and womannishe to cast foorth teares. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1390
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