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pansy.

A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpæn.zi/
  1. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

  2. A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.

  4. A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.

    colloquial · derogatory
  5. A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

    colloquial · dated · derogatory
Where this word comes from

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

adj/ˈpæn.zi/
  1. Wimpy; spineless; feeble.

    not-comparable
  2. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

verb/ˈpæn.zi/
  1. To mess about; to fail to get things done.

    intransitive · slang · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

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