Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milk drinker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: milk -drinker
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who lacks experience or courage.

Derogatory; Slang

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see milk, drinker.

Example Sentences

"What's a milk drinker like you doing out here? Go home to your mother."
"That milk drinker over there with the electrical apparatus for spies, he claims to be a bishop, but I'm not afraid of fellows like that."
"'What a milk drinker,' said Michael, which was his worst insult at the time."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαλακτοπότης (galaktopótēs, “a milk drinker”), a derogatory term which the Greeks used in reference to the barbarians.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: γαλακτοπότης

Usage

Inflected Forms

milk drinkers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

milquetoast

Questions

What does milk drinker mean?: Someone who lacks experience or courage.
Where does milk drinker come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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