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Definition of Pansy

1. Noun. Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors.

2. Noun. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.

3. Noun. Offensive term for an openly homosexual man.

Definition of Pansy

1. n. A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.

Definition of Pansy

1. Noun. Common name for a cultivated flowering plant, ''Viola tricolor hortensis'', derived from heartsease; many garden varieties are hybrids. ¹

2. Noun. A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. ¹

3. Noun. (derogatory colloquial dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. ¹

4. Noun. (derogatory colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss. ¹

5. Adjective. Wimpy; spineless; feeble. ¹

6. Adjective. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pansy

1. a flowering plant [n -SIES]

Medical Definition of Pansy

1. Origin: F. Pensee thought, pansy, fr. Penser to think, L. Pensare to weigh, ponder. See Pensive. A plant of the genus Viola (V. Tricolour) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colours. Synonym: heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pansy

pansphygmograph pansphygmographs pansporoblast pansporoblastic panstereorama panstereoramas panstrongylus pansy orchid pansy violet pansylike

pansystolic pansystolic murmur pant pant- pant-hoot pant-wetting pant leg pant legs pant suit panta-

pantable

Literary usage of Pansy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"When critical study began to be given to the kinds of plants, the pansy was so distinct ... pansy. A favorite garden perennial, commonly grown as an annual ..."

2. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE pansy Teacher's Story OME people are pansy-faced and some pansies are ... When we analyze the pansy face, we find that the dark spots at the bases of ..."

3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1846)
"V. The pansy or Heartsease. By EW THE pansy, so celebrated in sentiment and song, and to which so many pleasant associations are attached, and which, ..."

4. Among the Camps by Thomas Nelson Page (1891)
"Whatever the register may have thought about it, " Nancy pansy " was what ... Nancy pansy was the idol of the old doctor, as the old doctor was the idol of ..."

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