ˈmilkē, -ki adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from milk (I) + -y
1. : like or suggestive of milk in color or consistency
milky skin
milky sap of a cactus
specifically : whitish and turbid
milky water of a mountain torrent
milky quartz
2. : mild , gentle , tame , spiritless , effeminate , timorous
has friendship such a faint and milky heart — Shakespeare
3.
a. : consisting of, containing, or abounding in milk
pails high foaming with a milky flood — Alexander Pope
b. : yielding milk ; specifically : having the characteristics of a good milk producer
4. of an oyster : spawning