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Definitions for Pansy

[1] a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
[2] the flower of this plant.
[3] Slang . Extremely Disparaging and Offensive . a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual. Offensive . a weak, effeminate, and often cowardly man.
[4] a female given name.
[5] 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
[6] slang , offensive an effeminate or homosexual man or boy
[7] a strong violet colour (as adjective ) a pansy carpet

Words related to Pansy

coward, crybaby, pushover, deserter, quitter, yellow, wimp, sissy, namby-pamby, caitiff, baby, pantywaist, weakling, chicken, wuss, jellyfish, milksop, cuckold, daisy, loser

Words nearby Pansy

pansil, pansinusitis, pansophism, pansophy, panspermia, pansy, pansystolic, pansystolic murmur, pant, pant leg, pant-

Origin of Pansy

1490–1500; 1930–35 for def 3 ; < Middle French pensée pansy, literally, thought, noun use of feminine of past participle of penser to think < Latin pēnsāre to weigh, consider. See pensive

Word origin for Pansy

C15: from Old French pensée thought, from penser to think, from Latin pensāre

Synonyms for Pansy

baby, caitiff, chicken, deserter, jellyfish, namby-pamby, pantywaist, quitter, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, yellow, chicken heart, chicken liver, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, lily liver, momma's boy, scaredy cat, wussy, yellow belly