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, milksop.

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