i Register
In some senses, pansy is marked as derogatory, dated, slang, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
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.
A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
adj
Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
verb
To mess about; to fail to get things done.