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cissy

/ˈsɪsi/

cissy is the alternative spelling of sissy.

Meaning of sissy

Noun (1)

sissy (plural sissies)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) An effeminate boy or man.
    Synonyms:
    effeminate man
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
    • This was all part of football and if any man was such a sissy he could not stand it, then he had better seek the sidelines.1963, Robert Smith, Pro Football: The History of the Game and the Great Players, page 144
    Synonyms:
    coward
  3. A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
    • I realised I still held my normal male clothes and dropped them to the floor under the desk, out of the way. […] Would it hurt? Yes, I knew it would from watching videos of sissies being spanked by their dominant mistresses.2018, Paul Zante, Sissy Dreams: Motel Sissy, page 4
  4. (colloquial, dated) Sister; often used as a term of address
    • "I so glad - so glad the wicked thing not hurt my sissy!" and in that moment of thankful joy the two children embraced each other with fond affection.1862, Charlotte Maria Tucker, Christian conquests, by A.L.O.E., page 61
    Synonyms:
    sis

Noun (2)

sissy (uncountable)

  1. (childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
    • She has to make. She has to make sissy.1997, Clark Moustakas, Relationship Play Therapy, →ISBN, page 160

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Noun

cissy (plural cissies)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, often, rare, slang, sometimes) A cisgender or cissexual person.
    • > Cis- is a Latin prefix meaning "on this side" or, less correctly, "near", as opposed to trans-, Latin for "across" or "through".
      Gee, I guess that makes most folks cissies! :-)1998 June 10, Karen Ross, “Re: what does cisgendered stand for anyway ...”, in alt.support.srs (Usenet)
    • "She could be a straight cissy who just had a bunch of plastic surgery done," Tabitha said. A cissy was a 'cisgendered' person, someone who wasn't transsexual, someone happy with being and dressing like whatever gender they were born as.2003, Brian St.Claire-King, Fates Worse Than Death: Sunrise Hotel, →ISBN, page 104

Proper noun capitalized: Cissy

Cissy

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Cicely.

Forms of cissy

pluralcissies

Origin of cissy

From cis(gender) + -y, on the analogy of tranny and punning on sissy.

Words that rhyme with cissy

Questions about cissy

What does cissy mean?
Cissy means a cisgender or cissexual person.
What is cissy the alternative spelling of?
Cissy is the alternative spelling of sissy.
What part of speech is cissy?
Cissy can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cissy?
Cissy is pronounced /ˈsɪsi/.
What is the plural of cissy?
The plural of cissy is cissies.

Words near cissy in the dictionary

  1. CISSPs
  2. cissupremacist
  3. cissupremacy
  4. cissus
  5. cissuses
  6. cissy
  7. cist
  8. CISTA
  9. cistaceous
  10. cistactic
  11. cistacticity

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