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plural pansies
A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor. quotations examples
The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]
1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], page 6
Oh, what a perfect thought. Lilies-of-the-valley, and white pansies, double white violets and white velvet ribbon… From an unknown friend. … From one who understands. … For a Little Girl.
1920, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Revelations”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, page 271
(color) A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. examples
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia. examples
(derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss. examples
(derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. examples
not comparable
Wimpy; spineless; feeble. examples
Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. examples
third-person singular simple present pansies, present participle pansying, simple past and past participle pansied
(slang, intransitive, usually with "around" or "about") To mess about; to fail to get things done.