pansy
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
the flower of this plant.
Slang.
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
Offensive. a weak, effeminate, and often cowardly man.
Origin of pansy
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a female given name.
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How to use pansy in a sentence
When a few presumably religious kids walked out, Savage called them “pansy-assed.”
The twist, when it comes, makes O. Henry look like a hopeless pansy.
When the introductions were over, he went directly to the side of pansy, to the evident and rising amazement of Tootles.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonThat confounded money-eating little flirt of a pansy will give me the royal shake the moment she gets wise.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonWell, Ill go down and give the invitations, said Tootles, who departed in quest of pansy.
The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
These higher flights from Tootles always moved pansy, who had a penchant for refined romance.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonHe stopped to pick the first pansy he saw, when he left the snows, to send it to an English friend.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
British Dictionary definitions for pansy
/ (ˈpænzɪ) /
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
slang, offensive an effeminate or homosexual man or boy
a strong violet colour
(as adjective): a pansy carpet
Origin of pansy
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