English Explanatory Dictionary

milk-white

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.

Word forms

milk-white more milk-white most milk-white milkwhite

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English milke white, mylk-whyte, mylkquyte, mylk-whit, milc-whit, from Old English meolchwīt (“milk-white”), equivalent to milk + white. Compare Dutch melkwit (“milk-white”), German milchweiß (“milk-white”), Swedish mjölkvit (“milk-white”).

Related words

pale as milk
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