Jessien.
/ˈdʒɛsi/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛsi/ colloquial.
A cowardly or effeminate man; a homosexual man.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man
badlingeOE
milksopc1390
cockneyc1405
malkina1425
molla1425
weakling1526
tenderling1541
softling1543
niceling1549
woman-man1567
cocknel1570
effeminate1583
androgyne1587
meacock1590
mammaday1593
hermaphrodite1594
midwife1596
nimfadoro1600
night-sneaker1611
mock-mana1625
nan1670
she-man1675
petit maître1711
old woman1717
master-miss1754
Miss Molly1754
molly1785
squaw1805
mollycoddle1823
Miss Nancy1824
mollycot1826
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
ladyboy1857
girl1862
Mary Ann1868
sissy1879
milk1881
pretty-boy1881
nancy1888
poofter1889
Nancy Dawson1890
softie1895
puff1902
pussy1904
Lizzie1905
nance1910
quean1910
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
lily1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
queerie1933
palone1934
queenie1935
girlie-man1940
swish1941
puss1942
wonk1945
mother1947
candy-ass1953
twink1953
cream puff1958
pronk1959
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
pansy-ass1963
weeny1963
poofteroo1966
mo1968
shim1973
twinkie1977
woofter1977
cake boy1992
hermaphrodite-
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > quality of unmanliness > one who is unmanly
milksopc1390
meacock1526
sissy1879
softie1895
Jessie1923
pantywaist1935
candy-ass1953
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male
badlingeOE
nan1670
molly1708
Miss Molly1754
Miss Nancy1824
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
Mary Ann1868
pretty-boy1881
cocksucker1885
poofter1889
queer1894
fruit1895
fairy1896
homosexualist1898
puff1902
pussy1904
nance1910
quean1910
girl1912
faggot1913
mouser1914
queen1919
fag1921
gay boy1921
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
punk1933
queerie1933
gobbler1934
jocker1935
queenie1935
iron1936
freak1941
swish1941
flit1942
tonk1943
wonk1945
mother1947
fruitcake1952
Mary1953
twink1953
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
arse bandit1961
leather man1961
booty bandit1962
ginger beer1964
bummer1965
poofteroo1966
shirtlifter1966
battyman1967
dick-sucker1968
mo1968
a friend of Dorothy1972
shim1973
gaylord1976
twinkie1977
woofter1977
bender1986
knob jockey1989
batty boy1992
cake boy1992
1923 G. Blake Mince Collop Close i. 20 He was a big Jessie,…but she liked him.
1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxiii. 286 I had me a good go-round with them jessies. We cain't see it the same way about killin' 'em.
1958 K. Amis I like it Here ii. 31 Darling, you really don't have to convince me that you're not a jessie.
1958 M. Dickens Man Overboard iv. 59 Don't listen to those timid old Jessies at Southampton.
1971 G. Sims Deadhand ii. ii. 88 Duff had been scathing about ‘soft jessies who couldn't get their fat heads down’.
1973 D. Lees Rape of Quiet Town xix. 153 The implication that J. Plummer Esquire was a soft jessie—because he had a rotten objection to getting himself killed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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