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pansy

noun
/ˈpæn.zi/

Etymology

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

  1. derived from pensée

Definitions

  1. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

    • 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: […]
    • 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.

  2. A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A timid, weak man or boy

      A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.

    2. A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

    3. Wimpy

      Wimpy; spineless; feeble.

    4. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

    5. To mess about

      To mess about; to fail to get things done.

    6. A female given name.

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Derived

Bertoloni's pansy, chocolate pansy, horned pansy, nansy pansy, pansyish, pansylike, pansy orchid, pansy shell, peacock pansy, sea pansy, blue pansy, pansified, pansification, wild pansy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pansy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at pansy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at pansy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA