pansy
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.zi/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.
- Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
- Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
name
Etymology: From pansy (“type of flower”).
- A female given name.
noun
Etymology: From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.
- A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
“The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]”
“Oh, what a perfect thought. Lilies-of-the-valley, and white pansies, double white violets and white velvet ribbon… From an unknown friend. … From one who understands. … For a Little Girl.”
- A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
- A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
- A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
verb
Etymology: From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.
- To mess about; to fail to get things done.