Pansy
[pan-zee] /ˈpæn zi/
noun, plural pansies.
1.
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
2.
the flower of this plant.
3.
Slang.
[pan-zee] /ˈpæn zi/
noun
1.
a female given name.
/ˈpænzɪ/
noun (pl) -sies
1.
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.
n.
mid-15c., from Middle French pensée “a pansy,” literally “thought, remembrance,” from fem. past participle of penser “to think,” from Latin pensare “consider,” frequentative of pendere “to weigh” (see pensive). So called because it was regarded as a symbol of thought or remembrance. Meaning “effeminate homosexual man” is first recorded 1929.
adjective
: Stage and screen voices in recent years have become so pansy
noun
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