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pan·sy

(păn′zē)

n. pl. pan·sies

1. Any of various plants of the genus Viola, especially V. tricolor or its hybrids, widely cultivated for their flowers with velvety petals of various colors.

2. A deep to strong violet.

3. Offensive Slang

a. Used as a disparaging term for a man or boy who is considered effeminate.

b. Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.

[Middle English pancy, from Old French pensee, thought, remembrance, pansy, from feminine past participle of penser, to think; see pensive.]

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pansy

(ˈpænzɪ)

n, pl -sies

1. (Plants) any violaceous garden plant that is a variety of Viola tricolor, having flowers with rounded velvety petals, white, yellow, or purple in colour. See also wild pansy

2. slang offensive an effeminate or homosexual man or boy

3. (Colours)

a. a strong violet colour

b. (as adjective): a pansy carpet.

[C15: from Old French pensée thought, from penser to think, from Latin pensāre]

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pan•sy

(ˈpæn zi)

n., pl. -sies.

1. a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.

2. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. (a contemptuous term used to refer to an effeminate or homosexual male.)

[1490–1500; < Middle French pensée pansy, literally, thought, n. use of feminine past participle of penser to think < Latin pēnsāre to weigh, consider. See pensive]

usage: Definition 3 is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as insulting.

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Noun	1.	pansy - large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors Viola tricolor hortensis viola - any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
	2.	pansy - a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive milksop, Milquetoast, pantywaist coward - a person who shows fear or timidity
	3.	pansy - offensive term for an openly homosexual man fag, faggot, fagot, nance, poove, pouf, queer, fairy, queen depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something gay man - a homosexual man

Translations

maceškateplouš

bøssestedmoderblomst

pensée pédé

árvácskahímringyó

òrenningarfjóla

omosessuale uomo effeminato viola del pensiero viole del pensiero

našlaitėpederastas

atraitnītehomoseksuals virietis

stemorsblomst

анютины глазки

sirôtka

eşcinsel oğlanhercaî menekşeibne

三色紫罗兰男同性恋

pansy

[ˈpænzɪ] N

1. (Bot) → pensamiento m

2. (= homosexual man) → marica m (pej)

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pansy

[ˈpænzi] n

(= flower) → pensée f

(offensive) → tapette f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pansy

(Bot) → Stiefmütterchen nt

(Brit pej: = homosexual) → Schwuchtel f (pej inf)

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pansy

[ˈpænzɪ] n (Bot) → viola del pensiero, pensée f inv (fam) (pej) → checca

pansy

(ˈpӕnzi)

1. – plural ˈpansies – noun a kind of small flower.

2. (slang) a male homosexual.

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But his face lit up, right away, for she tossed a pansy over the fence a moment before she disappeared.

Presently he picked up a straw and began trying to balance it on his nose, with his head tilted far back; and as he moved from side to side, in his efforts, he edged nearer and nearer toward the pansy; finally his bare foot rested upon it, his pliant toes closed upon it, and he hopped away with the treasure and disappeared round the corner.

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Ruby Gillis smuggled three blue plums over to her during testament reading; Ella May MacPherson gave her an enormous yellow pansy cut from the covers of a floral catalogue--a species of desk decoration much prized in Avonlea school.

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It was, "Hold your tongue when you can, and when you can't tell the truth." Cecily feels she has not read all the good books she might, because some she tried to read were very dull and the Pansy books were so much more interesting.

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Kay had been apprehensive at first about taking in Pansy, having never had a dog before, but things had happened so quickly after her nan's fall that she felt it was the only option.

the flower box; Now Nan could take a little patch of garden with her

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Go grab some seedlings from a nursery and start your very own pansy garden!

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The modern-day pansy is derived from a European wildflower, Viola tricolor.

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An area around Pansy Street remained cordoned off on Saturday morning and officers are carrying out house to house enquiries to see if anyone witnessed the incident.

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Regarding the differentiation of the two genera, Precis and Junonia, now in southern Africa two other species have been added to the genus Junonia as well--the Brown Pansy and the Soldier Pansy.

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Pansy Plentifall is an exciting new development, being the first pansy with a genuine spreading habit.