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sissy¹

  • /ˈsɪsi/

Sounds like cissy · Rhymes with -ɪsi

Where it comes from

From sis (“clipping of sister”) + -y.

noun sissies · cissy

  1. colloquial, derogatory, sometimes An effeminate boy or man.

    Similar: effeminate man

  2. colloquial, derogatory, sometimes A timid, unassertive or cowardly person. This was all part of football and if any man was such a sissy he could not stand it, then he had better seek the sidelines.

    Similar: coward

  3. A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours. I realised I still held my normal male clothes and dropped them to the floor under the desk, out of the way. […] Would it hurt? Yes, I knew it would from watching videos of sissies being spanked by their dominant mistresses.
  4. colloquial, dated Sister; often used as a term of address "I so glad - so glad the wicked thing not hurt my sissy!" and in that moment of thankful joy the two children embraced each other with fond affection.

    Similar: sis

Similar: milksop · Opposite: non-sissy, unsissy

adjective sissier · sissiest

  1. derogatory Effeminate. Frontiersmen were never afraid of poetry. It was Big Business with its fear of femininity, it was the eunuchoid clergy capitulating to vulgar masculinity that made religion and art sissy things.
  2. derogatory Cowardly.

sissy²

  • /ˈsɪsi/

Sounds like cissy · Rhymes with -ɪsi

Where it comes from

Likely onomatopoetic, perhaps related to French pipi (“urine”). Compare piss; wee-wee.

noun

  1. childish, colloquial, uncountable Urination; urine. She has to make. She has to make sissy.

verb sissies · sissying · sissied

  1. childish, colloquial To urinate. Joan recognized her as the girl whose son had sissied on her pants. She was still dabbing at her pantleg with a damp paper towel.

sissy³

  • /ˈsɪsi/

Sounds like cissy · Rhymes with -ɪsi

Where it comes from

Clipping of sissygasm.

verb sissies · sissying · sissied

  1. intransitive, rare, slang, vulgar To sissygasm (reach orgasm solely by penetration of the anus).

Sissy⁴

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Cecilia. ‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: effeminate, sissified, sissyish, cissy, unmanly, pantywaist, milquetoast, emasculate, epicene, unmanful, unmanlike, milksop, pansy, girl, daughter, sister-in-law

noun

Similar: milksop · Opposite: non-sissy, unsissy

Translations

Every language

noun an effeminate boy or man

Españolafeminado
日本語シスターボーイ shisutā bōi
中文娘娘腔 niángniángqiāng, 女人般的 nǚrénbān de, 女人氣的 /女人气的 nǚrénqì de
Portuguêsboiola, bicha, maricas
Françaischochotte, lopette, fifi
DeutschWeichling
Italianofemminuccia
Русскийне́женка néženka, хлю́пик xljúpik, ба́ба bába
العربيةمخنَّث

noun a timid, unassertive or cowardly person

Españolcalzonazos
日本語弱虫 yowamushi, いくじなし ikujinashi
中文膽小鬼 /胆小鬼 dǎnxiǎoguǐ, 懦夫 nuòfū
Françaispoule mouillée, gonzesse, chochotte
DeutschJammerlappen
Italianofemminuccia, coniglio, fifone, codardo, vigliacco, pollo
Русскийтрус trus, труси́шка trusíška, слаба́к slabák, ссыку́н ssykún

adj effeminate

العربيةمخنَّث

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@misc{sissy_2026,
  title = {sissy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sissy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}