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milquetoasts

milquetoasts is the plural of milquetoast.

Meaning of milquetoast

Noun

milquetoast (plural milquetoasts)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
    • We know that theology must be common to all believers, but again we also know that some enjoy only milquetoast (german milchspeise), while others can eat solid food, and that one and the same truth is apprehended in different ways, for it is not possible to accommodate all these ways to the grasp...1895, “The twenty-second Psalm”, in Dr. Martin Luther’s Complete Writings (english translation), St. Louis, Mo.; []: Ministry of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other...

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Noun capitalized: Milquetoasts

Milquetoasts

  1. (plural) plural of Milquetoast

Questions about milquetoasts

What is milquetoasts the plural of?
Milquetoasts is the plural of milquetoast.
What part of speech is milquetoasts?
Milquetoasts is a noun.

Words near milquetoasts in the dictionary

  1. milquetoast
  2. milquetoasted
  3. milquetoastedly
  4. milquetoastery
  5. milquetoastness
  6. milquetoasts
  7. milquetoasty
  8. milrei
  9. milreis
  10. milrinone
  11. milRNA

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