Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milktoast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: milk-toast
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of milquetoast.

noun

Alternative spelling of milquetoast.

Example Sentences

"Ricky [Nelson] was the perfect commodity: an artist who did not upset milktoast America. He was Elvis [Presley] without grease, without swinging hips."
"That scientists favored international control of the atom made conservatives even more mistrustful. J[ohn] Parnell Thomas rued the surrender of control to such "a group of milktoasts.""
"Initially, our heroine hooks up with some milktoast of a guy with lots of money and little personality. Then he comes along—a man she can't push over, a man her wealth and social position can't influence."

Etymology

From milk + toast.

Inflected Forms

more milktoast (comparative) most milktoast (superlative) milktoasts (plural)

Derived Forms

milktoasty

Questions

What does milktoast mean?: Alternative spelling of milquetoast.
Where does milktoast come from?: From milk + toast.

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