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pansy

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pan·sy  (pnz)
n. pl. pan·sies
1. Any of various plants of the genera Achimenes or Viola, especially V. tricolor or its hybrids, having flowers with velvety petals of various colors.
2. A deep to strong violet.
3. Offensive Slang
a. Used as a disparaging term for a man or boy who is considered effeminate.
b. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

[Middle English pancy, from Old French pensee, thought, remembrance, pansy, from feminine past participle of penser, to think; see pensive.]

pansy
Noun
pl -sies
1. a garden plant whose flowers have rounded white, yellow, or purple velvety petals
2. Offensive slang an effeminate or homosexual man or boy [Old French pensée thought]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pansypansy - large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors
viola - any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
2.pansy - a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
coward - a person who shows fear or timidity
3.pansypansy - offensive term for an openly homosexual man
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man
Translations
Spanish pansy [ˈpænzɪ] n (BOT) → pensamiento;
(col) (pej) → maricón m

French pansy [ˈpænzɪ] n (Bot) → pensée f;
(inf) → tapette f, pédé m

German pansy [ˈpænzɪ] n (Bot) → Stiefmütterchen nt;
(inf) (pej) (= sissy); Tunte f

Italian pansy [ˈpænzɪ] n (BOT) → viola del pensiero, pensée f inv;
(col) → femminuccia

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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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