Definitions for Pansy

Pansy pan·sy

Spelling: [pan-zee]
IPA: /ˈpæn zi/

Pansy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in Pansy (anpsy).

Definitions for Pansy

noun

  1. a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
  2. the flower of this plant.
  3. Slang. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual. Offensive. a weak, effeminate, and often cowardly man.
  4. a female given name.

Origin of Pansy

1490-1500; 1930-35 for def 3; Middle French pensée pansy, literally, thought, noun use of feminine of past participle of penser to think Latin pēnsāre to weigh, consider. See Examples for Pansy

pansy and Pickwick, and the birds and Gypsy, and Methusaleh are all good friends.

pansy at home, during summer, had little but grass to live on.

And them pansy brown eyes can light up sort of fascinatin', I expect.

Then Elfride and pansy appeared on the hill in a round trot.

Then pansy's curiosity, getting the better of her pout, demanded information.

pansy did turn at last, and went up the slope again to the high-road.

pansy Murphy was scrubbing out the office when he came down for breakfast.

But how did it come that he had pansy stains on the knees of his trousers?

pansy went, like the steed of Adonis, as if she told the steps.

What soon happens to a pansy flower after it is broken from the plant?

Word Value for Pansy
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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