pansypan‧sy /ˈpænzi/ noun (plural pansies) [countable] 
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Word OriginWORD ORIGINpansy
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1400-1500 French pensée, from pensée ‘thought’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- At Easter, decorate with chocolate eggs, crystallized flower petals, or fresh primroses and pansies.
- But the winter container's secret weapon, planted in layers under showy pansies or polyanthus, is the spring-flowering bulb.
- Left: Universal winter-flowering pansies are indispensable for adding colour splashes during the bleakest months of winter.
- There was a healthy pink petunia, a shy violet pansy and the promise of a fuchsia.
- They asked her what the foreman said when she painted five chairs all over with roses and painted the sixth with pansies.
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