pansy
noun/ˈpænzi/
/ˈpænzi/
(plural pansies)
- a small garden plant with brightly coloured flowers
- (taboo, offensive, slang) an offensive word for a gay man
Word Originlate Middle English: from French pensée ‘thought, pansy’, from penser ‘think’, from Latin pensare, frequentative of pendere ‘weigh, consider’.
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