milksop vs wallflower

milksop

noun
  • An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person. 

  • A piece of bread sopped in milk. 

  • A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk. 

wallflower

noun
  • Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved. 

  • A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place. 

  • Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers. 

  • Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia. 

verb
  • To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in. 

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