Usually means: Colorful, delicate flower, various hues.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word pansy:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. pansy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pansy: Merriam-Webster
  3. pansy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pansy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pansy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pansy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pansy, pansy: Wordnik
  8. pansy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pansy: Wiktionary
  10. pansy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pansy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pansy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pansy: Dictionary.com
  14. pansy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pansy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Pansy (disambiguation), Pansy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Pansy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. pansy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. pansy: Rhymezone
  20. pansy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. pansy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. pansy: FreeDictionary.org
  23. pansy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. pansy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pansy: Health & Beauty Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pansy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. pansy: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. PANSY: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pansy, Pansy: Botanical Name listing of Plants

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pansy, pansy, pansy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pansy: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pansy: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See pansies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
noun:  A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
noun:  Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
noun:  (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
noun:  (derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
adjective:  Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
adjective:  Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
verb:  (slang, intransitive, usually with "around" or "about") To mess about; to fail to get things done.
noun:  A female given name.

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