MILQUETOAST


Meaning of MILQUETOAST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmilk-ˌtōst ]

noun

Etymology: Caspar Milquetoast, comic strip character created by H. T. Webster died 1952 American cartoonist

Date: 1935

: a timid, meek, or unassertive person

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.