Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pansy
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(pansies) 1. A pansy is a small brightly coloured garden flower with large round petals. N-COUNT 2. If someone describes a man as a pansy, they mean that he is a homosexual. (INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE, OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural pansies) Etymology: Middle English pancy, pensee, from Middle French pensee, from pensee thought, from feminine of pense, past participle of penser to think, from Latin pensare to ponder — more at pensive Date: 15th century 1. a garden plant (Viola wittrockiana) derived chiefly from the hybridization of the European Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor) with other wild violets; also its flower 2. a. usually disparaging a weak or effeminate man or boy b. usually disparaging a male homosexual II. adjective Date: 1929 usually disparaging effeminate 1; also homosexual ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 any garden plant of the genus Viola, with flowers of various rich colours. 2 colloq. derog. a an effeminate man. b a male homosexual. Etymology: F pens{eacute}e thought, pansy f. penser think f. L pensare frequent. of pendere pens- weigh ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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фиалка трёхцветная, анютины глазки (Viola tricolor) – field pansy – garden pansy – mountain pansy – tufted pansy – wild pansy ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бот. анютины глазки (Viola tricolor) 2. сл. гомосексуалист, женоподобный мужчина (также pansy boy) 3. ярко-лиловый цвет (также pansy violet) 4. гомосексуальный, женоподобный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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boy coll. педераст PANSY 1. noun 1) анютины глазки 2) coll. гомосексуалист 2. adj. женоподобный ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1450, from M.Fr. pensйe "a pansy," lit. "thought, remembrance," from fem. pp. of penser "to think," from L. pensare "consider," freq. of pendere "to weigh." Meaning "effeminate homosexual man" is first recorded 1929. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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