milquetoast

Etymology
From the character of the comic strip The Timid Soul, created by American cartoonist Harold Tucker Webster (1885–1952) and first published in 1924; the character was named after the American dish.

Adjective

 * 1)  Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.

Noun

 * 1)  A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.

Translations

 * Bashkir: мәмәй
 * Finnish: hiirulainen, hissukka
 * German: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian: svekling, veiking
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Yiddish: לעמעשקע