Pansyish

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a man: effeminate, weak, wussy. colloquial, derogatory

    "Jocelyn Brooke's brilliant, semi-autobiographical The Military Orchid deals with the author's sensitive, precocious, pansyish childhood, defined largely by the pursuit of exotic orchids and addiction to fireworks."

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"Jocelyn Brooke's brilliant, semi-autobiographical The Military Orchid deals with the author's sensitive, precocious, pansyish childhood, defined largely by the pursuit of exotic orchids and addiction to fireworks."

Etymology

From pansy + -ish.

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