pansy
Plural: pansies
Noun
- A popular garden plant with colorful, velvety flowers.
- large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors
- a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
- A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
- A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
- A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
Adj
- Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
- Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
Verb
- To mess about; to fail to get things done.
Examples
- He proudly played PANSY across the triple word score, adding beauty and points.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.
Synonyms
fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, milksop, Milquetoast, nance, pantywaist, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer, sissy, Viola tricolor hortensis, Percy, argus, bading, big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, cockney, cot-quean, cupcake, dudelet, fakaleiti, femboy, gentleman, ginch, girl's blouse, girlyman, janegirl, jessie, milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nancy, nancy pants, nancyboy, nestle-cock, pansy, poofter, poon, posy sniffer, pretty boy, pushover, puss-gentleman, pussy, quiche-eater, softling, softy, soy boy, swish, tenderling, twink, weakling, weenie, wimp, wuss, wussy, zenana
Scrabble Score: 10
pansy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpansy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pansy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary