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A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
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milquetoast
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Wikipedia
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" Milquetoast " is the first single by the American alternative metal band Helmet from their 1994 album, Betty . It is the album's fourth track and only charting single, reaching #39 on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Prior to Betty 's release, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"timid, meek person," 1938, from Caspar Milquetoast , character created by U.S. newspaper cartoonist H.T. Webster (1885-1952) in the strip "The Timid Soul," which ran from 1924 in the "New York World" and later the "Herald Tribune." By 1930 the name was ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. meek, timid. n. (context pejorative English) A person of meek or timid disposition.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Milquetoast \Milquetoast\ n. [From Caspar Milquetoast, a character in a cartoon strip by H. T. Webster, The Timid Soul (1935).] a timid, unassertive man or boy fearful of confrontation and easily manipulated and dominated. Syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, ...
Usage examples of milquetoast.
He practically insinuated that Milquetoast and his colleagues, by falling behind their deadlines, were guilty of un-American inactivity.
Before long they'll start to disobey us without any Milquetoast interfering with their circuits.
That milquetoast was re-elected and the country is going to hell in a handbasket.