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pansy

Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.zi/

The English word “pansy” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
  2. A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
  4. A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
  5. A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

adjective

  1. Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
  2. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

verb

  1. To mess about; to fail to get things done.

Etymology

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

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