Pansy
11pansy — Heart s ease Heart s ease (h[aum]rts [=e]z ), n. 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A species of violet ({Viola tricolor}), a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common… …
12pansy — 1. noun a) Common name for a cultivated flowering plant, Viola tricolor hortensis, derived from heartsease; many garden varieties are hybrids. b) A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. Syn: mamas boy, nancy boy, sissy 2 …
13pansy — [[t]pæ̱nzi[/t]] pansies 1) N COUNT A pansy is a small brightly coloured garden flower with large round petals. 2) N COUNT If someone describes a man as a pansy, they mean that he is a homosexual. [INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE, OLD FASHIONED] …
14pansy — noun 1》 a viola with flowers in rich colours, especially of a cultivated variety. [Viola tricolor (wild pansy) and related species and hybrids.] 2》 informal, derogatory an effeminate or homosexual man. Derivatives pansified adjective (informal,… …
15pansy — UK [ˈpænzɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms pansy : singular pansy plural pansies 1) a small plant with large bright flowers 2) a) informal an insulting word for a man who is weak or easily afraid b) offensive an offensive word for a gay man …
16pansy — darželinė našlaitė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Našlaitinių šeimos dekoratyvinis kultūrinis augalas (Viola ×wittrockiana). atitikmenys: lot. Viola × wittrockiana angl. garden pansy; pansy vok. Garten Stiefmütterchen rus. анютины глазки;… …
17pansy — [15] French pensée means literally ‘thought’, and it was presumably the pensive look of these flowers of the viola family that earned them the name. English originally took it over as pensee, but later anglicized it to pansy. pant 366 The use of… …
18pansy — a male homosexual Like the delicate flower, viola tricolor: You re just a filthy pansy! No wonder your marriage has failed. (Masters, 1976) …
19pansy — pan•sy [[t]ˈpæn zi[/t]] n. pl. sies 1) pln a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers 2) off sts sl.: disp. and off. (a contemptuous term used to refer to an effeminate or… …
20pansy — našlaitė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Našlaitinių (Violaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Viola). atitikmenys: lot. Viola angl. pansy; violet vok. Stiefmütterchen; Veilchen rus. фиалка lenk. bratek; fiołek …
