/ˈpæn.zi/
OriginFrom Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.
- 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: […”
“Oh, what a perfect thought. Lilies-of-the-valley, and white pansies, double white violets and white velvet ribbon… From an unknown friend. … From one who understands. … For a Little Girl.”
- A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
- not-comparableWimpy; spineless; feeble.
- not-comparableOf a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
- intransitive, slang, usuallyTo mess about; to fail to get things done.
Formspansies(plural) · pancy(alternative) · pansies(present, singular, third-person) · pansying(participle, present) · pansied(participle, past) · pansied(past)