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Webster 1913 Edition

Pansy

Pan′sy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pansies
(#)
.
[F.
Pensée
thought, pansy, fr.
penser
to think, L.
pensare
to weigh, ponder. See
Pensive
.]
(Bot.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pansy

PAN'SY

,
Noun.
A plant and flower of the genus Viola; the viola tricolor, or garden violet.

Definition 2024

pansy

pansy

English

Noun

pansy ‎(plural pansies)

  1. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
  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.

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Adjective

pansy ‎(not comparable)

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

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Etymology

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

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