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Added 9 October 2026

pansy

/ˈpæn.zi/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pansy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
pansy:
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.

adjective

Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

verb

To mess about; to fail to get things done.

Origin

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

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