Pansy

//ˈpæn.zi// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wimpy; spineless; feeble. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

    "The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]"

  2. 2
    offensive term for a homosexual man wordnet
  3. 3
    A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
  4. 4
    a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
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  1. 6
    large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors wordnet
  2. 7
    A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss. colloquial, derogatory
  3. 8
    A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. colloquial, dated, derogatory
Verb
  1. 1
    To mess about; to fail to get things done. intransitive, slang, usually

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

Etymology 2

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

Etymology 3

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

Etymology 4

From pansy (“type of flower”).

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