pansy

UK: /ˈpænzi/ US: /ˈpænzi/ ,(pan′zē)

Inflections of 'pansy' (n): npl: pansies

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pan•sy /ˈpænzi/   n. [countable] , pl. -sies. 

1. Plant Biology a violet grown in many kinds, having flowers in many different, rich colors.
2. Slang Terms (disparaging and offensive).
   • a male homosexual.
   • an effeminate man.

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pan•sy  (pan′zē), n., pl. -sies. 

1. Plant Biology a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
2. Plant Biology the flower of this plant.
3. Slang Terms (disparaging and offensive).
   • a male homosexual.
   • a weak, effeminate, and often cowardly man.

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

Pan•sy  (pan′zē), n. 

1. a female given name.

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pansy /ˈpænzɪ/ n ( pl -sies)

1. 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
2. slang offensive an effeminate or homosexual man or boy

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French pensée thought, from penser to think, from Latin pensāre