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noun (pansies)
- Common name for a cultivated flowering plant, Viola tricolor hortensis, derived from heartsease; many garden varieties are hybrids.
- (colour) A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
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- (context, pejorative, slang) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
- (slang) A timid man or boy.
adjective
- wimpy, Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
- (colour) Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
Etymology: From the French pensée, thought, as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head.
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