Milky

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ˈmɪlki/
• Rhymes: -ɪlki

Origin

milk + -y

Full definition of milky

Adjective

1. Resembling milk in color or consistency.
• Alexander Popepails high foaming with a milky flood
• Arbuthnotmilky juice
2. (color science, informal) Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
3. (colloquial) Cowardly.
• ShakespeareHas friendship such a faint and milky heart?
4. (obsolete) Yielding milk.
• Roscommonmilky mothers