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The definition of a sissy is a timid person or an an insulting term for an effeminate boy or man.

(noun)

A man who is scared of everything and whose friends all make fun of him for being so timid is an example of someone who is a sissy.

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noun pl. sissies

Informal
1. an effeminate boy or man
2. a timid person or coward
Slang a homosexual: term of mild contempt

Origin: dim. of sis

adjective sissier, sissiest

Informal of or like a sissy

Related Forms:

sissyish adjective

See sissy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sis·sies

A boy or man regarded as effeminate.
A person regarded as timid or cowardly.
Informal Sister.

Origin:

Origin: Diminutive of sis

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Related Forms:

sisˈsi·ness, sisˈsy·ness noun

sisˈsy adjective

sisˈsy·ish adjective

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