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pansy (pan′zē)

noun pl. pansies -·sies

  1. any of various violets, esp. a popular garden hybrid (Viola tricolor hortensis), with flat, broad, velvety petals in many colors
  2. ☆ Slang an effeminate man; esp., an effeminate male homosexual: often a contemptuous term

Etymology: Fr pensée, a thought < penser, to think < L pensare: see pensive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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