Spread laughter and positive energy with wordplay! Dictomancy - Everyday Wordplay is a Wednesday blog series that features rare, bizarre, and absurd words and their meanings. Work one of these words into your day and spark some laughter and curiosity!
Milquetoast - mil*que*toast n Also freq Caspar Milquetoast, Mr. Milquetoast, rarely miliquant toast, milky-toast [From Caspar Milquetoast in H.T. Webster’s comic strip “The Timid Soul,” which first appeared in May 1924] A meek, easily intimidated person; hence adj milquetoasty meek, timid.
“He’s milquetoast. No way he’ll talk to her.”
“Milquetoast. That sounds a lot like when someone calls you ‘milkdrinker.’ “
“Hey, be careful. She’s the milquetoasty one in the group.”
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Works Cited
Cassidy, Frederic G. Chief Editor. Dictionary Of American Regional English. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. Print