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Pansy   /pˈænzi/   Listen
Pansy

noun
(pl. pansies)
1.
Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors.  Synonym: Viola tricolor hortensis.
2.
A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.  Synonyms: milksop, Milquetoast, pantywaist, sissy.
3.
Offensive term for an openly homosexual man.  Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer.



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"Pansy" Quotes from Famous Books



... is a rabbit in the pansy bed, There is a burrow underneath the wall, There is a rabbit everywhere you tread, To-day I heard a rabbit in the hall, The same that sits at evening in my shoes And sings his usefulness, or simply chews; ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 5, 1919 • Various

... tepid and still stronger, but sky very clear. An indigo sea, with beautiful white-caps. The ocean color is deepening: it is very rich now, but I think less wonderful than before;—it is an opulent pansy hue. Close by the ship it looks black-blue,—the color that bewitches in certain ...
— Two Years in the French West Indies • Lafcadio Hearn

... day it was universally understood that Colonel Starbottle had been appointed guardian of Pansy Stannard by the probate judge ...
— Trent's Trust and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... cottage by a river side, With rustic benches sloping eaves beneath, Amid a scene of mountain, stream and heath. A dainty garden, watered by the tide, On whose calm breast the queenly lilies ride, Is bright with many a purple pansy wreath, While here and there forbidden lion's teeth Uprear their golden crowns with ...
— Fleurs de lys and other poems • Arthur Weir

... the front again, where Dennis has laid out a pansy harp, I sees a little gatherin' over in front of the cottage next door. There was three or four gents, and six or eight women-folks. They was lookin' my way, and ...
— Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford


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