pansy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pan=sy

CIDE DICTIONARY

pansy, n. [F. Pensée thought, pansy, fr. penser to think, L. pensare to weigh, ponder. See Pensive.].

 A plant of the genus Viola (Viola 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pansy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 any garden plant of the genus Viola, with flowers of various rich colours.
2 colloq. derog. a an effeminate man. b a male homosexual.

Etymology

F pens{eacute}e thought, pansy f. penser think f. L pensare frequent. of pendere pens- weigh

THESAURUS

pansy

Milquetoast, auntie, baby, bi-guy, big baby, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken, crybaby, doormat, dull tool, dyke, fag, faggot, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice, fruit, gunsel, gutless wonder, homo, homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, invert, invertebrate, jellyfish, lesbian, lightweight, meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nance, nebbish, nonentity, pantywaist, pathic, punk, pushover, queen, queer, sad sack, sapphist, sissy, softling, softy, sop, tribade, weak sister, weakling