pancy
pancy is the obsolete form of pansy.
Meaning of pansy
Noun
pansy (plural pansies)
- 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: […]1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 6
- A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
- Synonyms:
- argus
- A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
- Synonyms:
- big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, crybaby, milksop, milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nestle-cock, pantywaist
- A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
Forms of pancy
| plural | pancies |
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Questions about pancy
- What is pancy the obsolete form of?
- Pancy is the obsolete form of pansy.
Words near pancy in the dictionary
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