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
Other Word Forms of Milquetoast
Noun
Singular:
milquetoast
Plural:
milquetoastsOrigin 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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