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pansy
(pænzi)
Word forms: plural pansies
1. countable noun
A pansy is a small brightly coloured garden flower with large round petals.
2. countable noun
Pansy is an insulting word for a gay person.
[informal, offensive, old-fashioned] pansy in British English
(ˈpænzɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -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 pansy2. offensive, slang
an effeminate or homosexual man or boy
3.
a.
a strong violet colour
b.
(as adjective)
a pansy carpet
Word origin
C15: from Old French pensée thought, from penser to think, from Latin pensārepansy in American English
(ˈpænzi)
nounWord forms: plural ˈpansies
1.
any of various violets, esp. a popular garden hybrid (Viola tricolor hortensis), with flat, broad, velvety petals in many colors
2. US, Slang
an effeminate man; esp., an effeminate male homosexual
often a contemptuous term Word origin
Fr pensée, a thought < penser, to think < L pensare: see pensiveImage ofpansy
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Word lists withpansy
flower, purpleChinese translation of 'pansy'
pansy
(ˈpænzɪ)
n (c)
- (= flower)
三色紫罗(羅)兰(蘭)
(sānsè zǐluólán) (朵, duǒ)
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