milky

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(mĭl') pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Resembling milk in color or consistency: milky glass.
  2. Filled with, consisting of, or yielding milk or a fluid resembling milk: a milky kernel of corn.
  3. Meek; timid.
milkiness milk'i·ness n.


adj

Definition: white, cloudy
Antonyms: black, blackish, dark

noun
noun

1:
Also milkie. A milkman. (1886 —) . adjective

2:
Cowardly. (1936 —) .
H. Carvic 'Getting milky?' scoffed Doris (1969).

[From milk noun + -y; in sense 2, from the association of milk with mildness or weakness.]


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mælke-, mælkeagtig

idioms:

  • Milky Way    mælkevejen

Nederlands (Dutch)
melkkleurig, melkachtig, rijk aan melk, mild, bedeesd, melkgevend, niet helder

Français (French)
adj. - lacté, laiteux

idioms:

  • Milky Way    voie lactée

Deutsch (German)
adj. - milchig

idioms:

  • Milky Way    Milchstraße

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γαλακτώδης, γαλακτερός, (μτφ.) ασπριδερός

idioms:

  • Milky Way    (αστρον.) Γαλαξίας

Italiano (Italian)
latteo

idioms:

  • Milky Way    Via Lattea

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - leitoso

idioms:

  • Milky Way    Via Láctea (f)

Русский (Russian)
молочный, молочно-белый цвет, безропотный

idioms:

  • Milky Way    Млечный Путь

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lechoso, lácteo

idioms:

  • Milky Way    Vía Láctea

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mjölk-, mjölkrik, mild, mesig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
乳状的, 柔和的, 乳白色的

idioms:

  • Milky Way    天河, 银河

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 乳狀的, 柔和的, 乳白色的

idioms:

  • Milky Way    天河, 銀河

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 젖과 같은 색깔의, 젖을 섞은, 무기력한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 乳のような, 乳白色の, 乳のよく出る, 乳液を分泌する, おとなしい, 牛乳のような

idioms:

  • Milky Way    銀河, 天の川, 銀河系

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حليبي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חלבי, עכור, לא צלול, מכיל חלב‬


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