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Meanings of pansy in English

Portuguese
veado
Catalan
monya
Spanish
pluma

Offensive term for an openly homosexual man.

      veado
      Portuguese
      boiola
      Catalan
      marieta

      A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.

            boiola
            Portuguese
            amor-perfeito
            Catalan
            pensament
            Spanish
            viola × wittrockiana

            Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors.

                  amor-perfeito

                  A person of weak character who lacks courage and/or moral strength.

                        Usage of pansy in English
                        1
                        Well, they're no pansy flowers, but... m'lord has the truth of it.
                        A Game of Thrones
                        2
                        Already the kids think I'm some kind of pansy because of you.
                        Running scared
                        3
                        You're not going to raise him to be a pansy, are you?
                        Labor Day
                        4
                        It is the pansy brooch that I gave to old Tom Darcy.
                        The King’s Curse
                        5
                        She has heard the word 'pansy', then, and now understands it.
                        The great lover
                        6
                        The wind suffed through the evergreens in dream voices, pansy-soft to the touch.
                        The Freebooters of the Wilderness
                        7
                        The commonest were wild pansy and forget-me-not, and the rhododendron grew in quantities.
                        Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet
                        8
                        Under the edge of the footpath through the wheat a wild pansy blooms.
                        Nature Near London
                        9
                        I have left pansy seeds in soak for twenty-four hours with good results.
                        The Garden, You, and I
                        10
                        Rand put out his uninjured arm and took a pansy from the bowl.
                        Lewis Rand
                        11
                        She is just like a pansy-allvelvety and purply and goldy.
                        The Story Girl
                        12
                        Even the pansy smiled, and so did that poser with the funny name.
                        The hellfire club
                        13
                        A night like a black pansy with a little gold heart.
                        The Dark Flower
                        14
                        Aunt Olivia is pansy-purple mixed with gold, and Uncle Roger is navy blue.
                        The Golden Road
                        15
                        Her hair and eyebrows were black, her eyes a deep pansy-blue.
                        The World Peril of 1910
                        16
                        Another gown was a forget-me-not, one a wild pansy, others peonies.
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                        United Kingdom
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