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pansyish

pansyish adjective: of a man: effeminate, weak, wussy.

Adjective

pansyish (comparative more pansyish, superlative most pansyish)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) Of a man: effeminate, weak, wussy.
    • Jocelyn Brooke's brilliant, semi-autobiographical The Military Orchid deals with the author's sensitive, precocious, pansyish childhood, defined largely by the pursuit of exotic orchids and addiction to fireworks.2010, Peter Holbrook, Shakespeare's Individualism, page 232
    • Conor was also pansyish and into music and theatre. At last I would have a genuine friend there; someone I had something in common with. My wallflower days were over!2019, Malcolm McLean, Freak Like Me

Forms of pansyish

comparativemore pansyish
superlativemost pansyish

Origin of pansyish

From pansy + -ish.

Questions about pansyish

What does pansyish mean?
Pansyish means of a man: effeminate, weak, wussy.
What part of speech is pansyish?
Pansyish is an adjective.

Words near pansyish in the dictionary

  1. pansy orchids
  2. pansy shell
  3. pansy shells
  4. pansy up
  5. pansying
  6. pansyish
  7. pansylike
  8. pansynostoses
  9. pansynostosis
  10. pansynostotic
  11. pansystemic

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