pansy-assn.adj.
/ˈpanzɪas/, U.S. /ˈpænziˌæs/ North American colloquial (derogatory).
A. n.
An effeminate man; a weakling; a coward.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man
badlingeOE
milksopc1390
cockneyc1405
malkina1425
molla1425
weakling1526
tenderling1541
softling1543
niceling1549
woman-man1567
cocknel1570
effeminate1583
androgyne1587
meacock1590
mammaday1593
hermaphrodite1594
midwife1596
nimfadoro1600
night-sneaker1611
mock-mana1625
nan1670
she-man1675
petit maître1711
old woman1717
master-miss1754
Miss Molly1754
molly1785
squaw1805
mollycoddle1823
Miss Nancy1824
mollycot1826
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
ladyboy1857
girl1862
Mary Ann1868
sissy1879
milk1881
pretty-boy1881
nancy1888
poofter1889
Nancy Dawson1890
softie1895
puff1902
pussy1904
Lizzie1905
nance1910
quean1910
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
lily1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
queerie1933
palone1934
queenie1935
girlie-man1940
swish1941
puss1942
wonk1945
mother1947
candy-ass1953
twink1953
cream puff1958
pronk1959
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
pansy-ass1963
weeny1963
poofteroo1966
mo1968
shim1973
twinkie1977
woofter1977
cake boy1992
hermaphrodite-
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)
coward?a1289
hen-hearta1450
staniel?a1500
pigeon?1571
cow1581
quake-breech1584
cow-baby1594
custard1598
chicken heart1602
nidget1605
hen?1613
faintling1614
white-liver1614
chickena1616
quake-buttocka1627
skitterbrooka1652
dunghill1761
cow-heart1768
shy-cock1768
fugie1777
slag1788
man of chaff1799
fainter1826
possum1833
cowardy, cowardy, custard1836
sheep1840
white feather1857
funk1859
funkstick1860
lily-liver1860
faint-heart1870
willy boy1895
blert1905
squib1908
fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23
manso1912
feartie1923
yellowbelly1927
chicken liver1930
boneless wonder1931
scaredy-cat1933
sook1933
pantywaist1935
punk1939
ringtail1941
chickenshit1945
candy-ass1953
pansy-ass1963
unbrave1981
bottler1994
1963 Amer. Speech 38 171 An effeminate young man, a sissy... Some of the less frequent, but more expressive, phrases are..pansy-ass, petunia, punk, swish, twink, and weenie.
1992 Phoenix New Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. 27 ‘Hard right, you pansy-ass,’ he yelled.
2000 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Oct. a1 [If a] gay guy wants to come hunting with us, that's all right... But he has to be tough, not a pansy ass.
B. adj.
Effeminate; weak; cowardly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > effeminate man
womanisha1393
womanlike1440
feminatea1533
effeminate1549
womanlike1565
cockney1573
feminine1614
androgynous1628
muliebrious1652
petit maître1729
Miss Nancyish1855
gynaecomorphous1865
gynandrous1878
girly-girly1882
nancified1901
wimbly-wambly1929
tapette1930
queeny1936
female1940
poofed-up1964
pansy-ass1976
wussy1977
effete1981
1976 N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone viii. 192 He learned all about the ingratitude and stupidity of the man's..pansy-ass sons.
1995 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Tribune (Nexis) 2 Nov. d14 You guys are a bunch of, like, pansy-ass fairies.
2000 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 30 May a15 Salads are for liberal pansy-ass gun-control freaks, so we don't have any.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.adj.1963