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Pansy

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Noun

1. pansy, viola tricolor hortensis

large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors

2. milksop, milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist, sissy

a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

3. fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer

offensive term for an openly homosexual man

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pansy

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noun plural -sies
1. 
any violaceous garden plant that is a variety of Viola tricolor, having flowers with rounded velvety petals, white, yellow, or purple in colour
See also wild pansy
2. slang, offensive
an effeminate or homosexual man or boy
3. 
a. 
a strong violet colour
b. 
(as adjective)
a pansy carpet

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Pansy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈpansies
1. 
any of various violets, esp. a popular garden hybrid (Viola tricolor hortensis), with flat, broad, velvety petals in many colors
2.  US, Slang
an effeminate man; esp., an effeminate male homosexual
often a contemptuous term

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pansy

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n. pl. pan·sies
1. Any of various plants of the genus Viola, especially V. tricolor or its hybrids, widely cultivated for their flowers with velvety petals of various colors.
2. A deep to strong violet.
3. Offensive Slang
a. Used as a disparaging term for a man or boy who is considered effeminate.
b. Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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