pansy

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

pansy (plural pansies)

1. Common name for a cultivated flowering plant, Viola tricolor hortensis, derived from heartsease; many garden varieties are hybrids.
2. A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

   pansy colour:

3. (derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
4. (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.

Synonyms

• A timid man or boy: mama's boy, nancy boy, sissy

Translations

plant

Chinese: Mandarin: 三色堇 (zh) (sānsèjǐn) Czech: maceška (cs) f. Finnish: orvokki (fi) French: pensée (fr) f. German: Stiefmütterchen (de) n. Greek: πανσές (el) (pansés) m.

Italian: pansé (it) Japanese: パンジー (ja) (panjī), 三色菫 (ja) (さんしきすみれ, sanshikisumire) Portuguese: amor-perfeito (pt) m. Romanian: pansea (ro) f., panseluță (ro) f. Russian: анютины глазки (ru) (anjútiny glázki) m. pl. Spanish: pensamiento (es) m. Swedish: pensé (sv)

colour

Adjective

pansy (not comparable)

1. Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
2. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

Translations

colour

Derived terms

• wild pansy
• pansified
• pansification

See also

• heartease
• Johnny-jump-up
• Appendix:Colors