Pansy \Pan"sy\, n.; pl. Pansies. [F. Pens['e]e thought, pansy,
fr. penser to think, L. pensare to weigh, ponder. See
Pensive.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Viola ({Viola tricolor) and its
blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties
have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors.
Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many
other quaint names.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
garden pansies are derived; -- called also pansy.
[WordNet sense 1]
Syn: wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease,
love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
3. (Bot.) A violet of the Pacific coast of North America
({Viola ocellata) having white petals tinged with yellow
and deep violet. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: two-eyed violet, heartsease, Viola ocellata.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. (Bot.) A common Old World viola ({Viola arvensis) with
creamy often violet-tinged flowers. [WordNet sense 3]
Syn: field pansy, heartsease, Viola arvensis.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pansy
n 1: large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild
pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various
colors [syn: Viola tricolor hortensis]
2: a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn:
sissy, pantywaist, milksop, Milquetoast]
3: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
faggot, fag, fairy, nance, queen, queer, poof,
poove, pouf]
WordNet (r) 2.0
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "pansy":
Milquetoast, auntie, baby, bi-guy, big baby, bisexual, bull dyke,
butch, catamite, chicken, crybaby, doormat, dull tool, dyke, fag,
faggot, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice, fruit, gunsel,
gutless wonder, homo, homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, invert,
invertebrate, jellyfish, lesbian, lightweight, meek soul, milksop,
mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nance, nebbish, nonentity, pantywaist,
pathic, punk, pushover, queen, queer, sad sack, sapphist, sissy,
softling, softy, sop, tribade, weak sister, weakling
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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