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pansy
1[ pan-zee ]
noun
- 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.
Pansy
2[ pan-zee ]
noun
- a female given name.
pansy
/ ˈpænzɪ /
noun
- 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.an effeminate or homosexual man or boy
- a strong violet colour
- ( as adjective )
a pansy carpet
Word History and Origins
Origin of pansy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pansy1
Example Sentences
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.
That confounded money-eating little flirt of a Pansy will give me the royal shake the moment she gets wise.
Well, Ill go down and give the invitations, said Tootles, who departed in quest of Pansy.
These higher flights from Tootles always moved Pansy, who had a penchant for refined romance.
He stopped to pick the first pansy he saw, when he left the snows, to send it to an English friend.
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