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milktoasty

milktoasty is the alternative spelling of milquetoasty.

Meaning of milquetoasty

Adjective

milquetoasty (comparative more milquetoasty, superlative most milquetoasty)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Meek, timid.
    • I made them a little more flavorful, a little less milquetoasty.2007 November 18, Christine Muhlke, “The Sweet Hereafter”, in New York Times

Forms of milktoasty

comparativemore milktoasty
superlativemost milktoasty

Origin of milktoasty

From milktoast + -y.

Questions about milktoasty

What is milktoasty the alternative spelling of?
Milktoasty is the alternative spelling of milquetoasty.

Words near milktoasty in the dictionary

  1. milktaches
  2. milktini
  3. milktinis
  4. milktoast
  5. milktoasts
  6. milktoasty
  7. milktree
  8. milktrees
  9. milkvetch
  10. milkvetches
  11. Milkwall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: milktoasty (page history and authors); milquetoasty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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