milquetoasted

comparative more milquetoasted · superlative most milquetoasted

1. rareSynonym of milquetoast.

   I’m the strongest person you’ve ever seen in your lives, you lousy, milquetoasted, sop motherfuckers!

   1979, Art Pepper, Laurie Pepper, “On the Road with Buddy Rich’s Band, 1968–1969”, in Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper, New York, N.Y.: Schirmer Books, →ISBN, part 3 (1966–1978), page 387

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   [Claude] Rains (who would excel in Notorious) cuts much more of an intellectual dash than his milquetoasted protégeé^([sic]) and his clinical interest in the specimens resident in Kings Row is amusing for all the right reasons.

   2006, David Parkinson, “Kings Row (1942)”, in Empire Film Guide, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 525, column 1

   Was the McKinnon lad so feeble that he inspired that reaction in whomever saw him? Was he a mealy-mouthed, milquetoasted girl of a man who couldn’t withstand the faintest bit of adversity before becoming senseless?

   2006, Lynn Kurland, Much Ado in the Moonlight, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, page 61

   Synonyms: milquetoast