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noun, plural -sies.
1.
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
2.
the flower of this plant.
3.
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a.
a male homosexual.
b.
a weak, effeminate, and often cowardly man.
Origin:
1490–1500; 1930–35 for def. 3; < Middle French pensée pansy, literally, thought, noun use of feminine of past participle of penser to think < Latin pēnsāre to weigh, consider. See pensive
1490–1500; 1930–35 for def. 3; < Middle French pensée pansy, literally, thought, noun use of feminine of past participle of penser to think < Latin pēnsāre to weigh, consider. See pensive
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Word Origin & History
pansy
c.1450, from M.Fr. pensée "a pansy," lit. "thought, remembrance," from fem. pp. of penser "to think," from L. pensare "consider," freq. of pendere "to weigh" (see pensive). So called because it was regarded as a symbol of thought or remembrance. Meaning "effeminate
EXPANDhomosexual man" is first recorded 1929.
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