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pansy [ˈpænzɪ] n pl -sies
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any violaceous garden plant that is a variety of Viola tricolor, having flowers with rounded velvety petals, white, yellow, or purple in colour See also wild pansy 2. Slang, offensive an effeminate or homosexual man or boy 3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a. a strong violet colour b. (as adjective) a pansy carpet [from Old French pensée thought, from penser to think, from Latin pensāre] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations pansy n (Bot) → Stiefmütterchen nt (Brit pej: = homosexual) → Schwuchtel f (pej inf) pansy [ˈpænzɪ] n (Bot) → viola del pensiero, pensée f inv (fam) (pej) → checca pansy [ˈpænzɪ] n (Bot) → viola del pensiero, pensée f inv (fam) (pej) → checca 1 pluralˈpansies – noun a kind of small flower. 2 (slang) a male homosexual. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But his face lit up, right away, for she tossed a pansy over the fence a moment before she disappeared. Cecily feels she has not read all the good books she might, because some she tried to read were very dull and the Pansy books were so much more interesting. And we're going to learn a new song-- Jane Andrews is practicing it up now; and Alice Andrews is going to bring a new Pansy book next week and we're all going to read it out loud, chapter about, down by the brook. |
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