Milquetoast Definition

mĭlktōst
noun
A person regarded as timid, shrinking, self-abasing, etc.
Webster's New World
One who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature.
American Heritage
adjective
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Milquetoast

Noun

Singular:
milquetoast
Plural:
milquetoasts

Origin of Milquetoast

  • From the character Caspar Milquetoast of the comic strip The Timid Soul, created by Harold Webster and first published in 1924 (named after the American dish milk toast).

    From Wiktionary

  • After Caspar Milquetoast , a meek comic-strip character created by Harold Tucker Webster (1885–1952) and named in reference to milk toast

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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