English Explanatory Dictionary

milky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
  2. Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
  3. Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.
  4. Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.
  5. Cowardly.
  6. Immature, childish.
  7. Producing milk, lactating.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪlki/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-milky.wav

Word forms

milky milkier milkiest

Etymology

From Middle English mylky, melky, equivalent to milk + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian moalkig (“milky”), West Frisian molkich (“milky”), Dutch melkig (“milky”), German Low German melkig (“milky”), German milchig (“milky”), Danish mælkig (“milky”), Swedish mjölkig (“milky”), Icelandic mjólkugur (“milky”). Doublet of milchig.

Synonyms

nithing puerile lacteous lactiferous fearful infantile lactifluous nursing with milk

Derived words

milkily milkiness milky-dashel milky disease milky quartz milky sea milky spore milky stork Milky Way unmilky
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