milksop
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In any case, the new trio's dynamic works – beginning with Tennant's beleagured version of Fogg, a man of precision and privilege who's also seen as a milksop by his Reform Club peers.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
Thorne has a little list: "I still call people nincompoops, mainly to amuse my kids - lickspittle, twerp or milksop."
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2013
Poor David Hallberg, who as Des Grieux is given perhaps Mr. Neumeier’s most antimusical choreography, was made up to look like a spectral milksop.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2010
In your article you imply that Prince Bismarck is "commonplace," "Babbitt-tailored," a "fop," a "milksop."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Perhaps something worse, father," said Ulric, curtly, "but he would not have grown into a milksop like that, you may take my word for it."
From Success and How He Won It by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
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