Added 10 October 2026
milky
/ˈmɪlki/ adjective
In Latin: lacteus, galacticus, lactaneus Wiktionary
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- Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
- Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
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Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.
milky cocoa milky tea
Origin
From Middle English mylky, melky; from Old English *meolciġ, from Proto-West Germanic *melukig, from Proto-Germanic *melukigaz. 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.
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