pansy
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pansy¹
- /ˈpæn.zi/
Rhymes with -ænzi
Where it comes from
From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.
noun pansies · pancy
- A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor. The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]
- A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
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Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
Similar: argus
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A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
Similar: big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, crybaby, milksop, milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nestle-cock, pansy, pantywaist, poon
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A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
Similar: bading, big girl's blouse, cockney, cot-quean, cupcake, dudelet, fakaleiti, fairy, femboy, gentleman, ginch, girl's blouse
adjective
- Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
- Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
verb pansies · pansying · pansied
- To mess about; to fail to get things done.
Pansy²
Where it comes from
From pansy (“type of flower”).
proper noun
- A female given name.
Translations
Every language
noun informal: coward or weak person
| Español | marica, fifí, fifirifi |
|---|---|
| Français | fiotte |
| Italiano | mammoletta, femminuccia, coniglio, merlo, pollo, smidollato |
| Русский | хлюпик xljupik, слабак slabak |
noun plant
| Español | pensamiento, trinitaria |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 팬지 paenji |
| 日本語 | パンジー panjī, 三色菫 sanshikisumire |
| 中文 | 三色堇 sānsèjǐn |
| हिन्दी | बनफशा banaphśā |
| Português | amor-perfeito |
| Français | pensée |
| Deutsch | Stiefmütterchen |
| Italiano | pansé, viola del pensiero |
| Ελληνικά | πανσές pansés |
| Română | pansea, panseluță |
| Русский | аню́тины гла́зки anjútiny glázki |
| עברית | אַמְנוֹן וְתָמָר amnón vetamár |
noun colour
| Français | mauve, indigo |
|---|---|
| Русский | фиоле́товый fiolétovyj |
adj colour
| हिन्दी | बनफ्शई banaphśaī |
|---|---|
| Русский | фиоле́товый fiolétovyj |
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title = {pansy},
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