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pan·sy
\ˈpanzē, ˈpaan-, -zi\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French pensée, literally, thought, from feminine of pensé, past participle of penser to think, from Latin pensare to weigh, ponder — more at pensive
1. : a garden plant (Viola tricolor hortensis), derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe by hybridizing the latter with other wild violets and having irregular 5-petaled flowers and lobed or incised leaves with large stipules
2. : a strong violet that is bluer and deeper than clematis and stronger and slightly darker than royal purple (sense 2) — called also pensée
3.
a. : an effeminate youth
b. : a male homosexual |