milk-white

Meaning

Adjective

Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.

Origin

From Middle English milke white, mylk-whyte, mylkquyte, mylk-whit, milc-whit, from Old English meolchwīt, equivalent to milk + white. Compare Dutch melkwit, German milchweiß, Swedish mjölkvit.

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