| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun pansy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (pansy) | 1. Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors.[Wordnet]. 2. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.[Wordnet]. 3. Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man.[Wordnet]. 4. 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.[Websters]. | |
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Date "PANSIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Specialty Definition: pansy
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A plant and flower of the genus Viola; the viola tricolor, or garden violet.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| MultiLingual Slang | Polish (cwel). (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (color) Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Wimpy; spineless; feeble. (references) | 3: [Noun] (color) A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. . (references) | 4: [Noun] (pejorative, slang) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. (references) | 5: [Noun] (slang) A timid man or boy. (references) | 6: [Noun] Common name for a cultivated flowering plant, Viola tricolor hortensis, derived from heartsease; many garden varieties are hybrids. (references) |
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Common Expressions: pansy
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Field pansy | Common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Pansy Division | Pansy Division are one of the first queercore punk bands. They formed in California in 1992. (references) | ||
| Pansy orchid | Any of various orchids of the genus Miltonia having solitary or loosely racemose showy broadly spreading flowers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Pansy Parkinson | Pansy Parkinson is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling - a Slytherin girl in Harry's year. She is often seen as Draco Malfoy's female counterpart, and his love interest by default. Pansy Parkinson was Draco Malfoy's date at the Yule Ball and fawned all over him after he "broke" his arm in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. On the train ride to Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, Draco's head lay in Pansy's lap as she stroked his hair with an expression of such smugness it was as though she thought anyone would give their life to be where she was. (references) | ||
| Pansy Potter | Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter was a comic strip in the Beano, featuring Pansy Potter, a really strong girl. First appearing in the issue dated 17 December 1938, the character was later revived and reappeared in the first issue of Sparky, dated 23 January 1965. The strip was originally drawn by Hugh McNeill, but John Geering drew the Sparky revival. (references) | ||
| Pansy the dog | Pansy the Dog was famous for appearing in early Hollywood episodes of the Our Gang comedies. Pansy was actually the first dog to appear in Our Gang shorts. Trained and owned by Harry Lucenay she is believed to be the mother of Pete the Pup. (references) | ||
| Pansy violet | Common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Pansy Wong | Pansy Wong is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the National Party. Wong was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong. She speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Wu (Shanghainese). She emigrated to New Zealand in 1974, and studied commerce at University of Canterbury in Christchurch before embarking on a career in business and accounting. Wong was elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 1996 elections, becoming New Zealand's first ethnically Asian MP. She currently serves as National's spokesperson for revenue and for Asian relations. Before entering national politics, she served on the Canterbury Regional Council. (references) | ||
| Tufted pansy | European viola with an unusually long corolla spur. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Wild pansy | A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Yellow Pansy | The Yellow Pansy (Viola pedunculata) is a common and attractive wildflower of coastal regions of California and Baja California. It is also known as the California Golden Violet, or as the Johnny Jump Up, though the latter name is more usually associated with the introduced Heartsease, Viola tricolor. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: pansy
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To make someone a pansy | MultiLingual Slang | Polish (wycwelowac, wycwelic). (references) | |
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