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pansyn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pensée. Etymology: < Middle French pensée (1460–6; French pensée; 1874 or earlier in sense ‘pansy-coloured’), transferred use of pensée thought (see pensee n.1).The β. forms have no parallel in French; some of them may represent forms with tonic final -e. A. n.society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > flowers the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > violet and allied flowers > allied flowers α. c1450 C. d'Orleans (1941) 168 (MED) The lynyng of hit was with nedille wrought..With litille, litille flowris soft, The soven and the daisy, But most of pancy. 1532 (a1475) Assembly of Ladies 62 in W. W. Skeat (1897) 382 Margarettes growing in ordinaunce..Ne-m'oublie-mies and sovenez also; The povre pensees were not disloged there. 1553 in J. Raine (1853) 76 I beqhweytt and gyff to my broder Constable my pawnsy of golde with the ruby in it. 1597 J. Gerard ii. 705 Harts ease is named..Pansies, Liue in Idlenes. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in The pansie freakt with jeat. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ii, in tr. Virgil 8 Pancies to please the Sight, and Cassia sweet to smell. 1719 G. London & H. Wise (ed. 7) ix. 286 Purple, violet colour'd and panached or striped yellow, and violet Pansies. 1771 J. Langhorne Violet & Pansy in 32 On that fair bank a Pansy grew, That borrowed from indulgent skies A velvet shade and purple hue. 1822 A. Eaton (ed. 3) 514 Viola tricolour, garden violet, hearts-ease, pansy. 1868 L. M. Alcott I. vi. 93 A cluster of grave yet cheerful pansies, on a deeper purple ground, was pronounced very appropriate and pretty. 1900 W. Robinson (ed. 8) 859/1 No family has given our gardens anything more precious than the numerous races of Pansies and the various kinds of large, showy, sweet-scented Violets. 1925 Apr. 37/2 The embroidered sprays between the cretonne panels are pansies in satin stitch, in the same shades as the pansies on the cretonne. 1993 23 Aug. 14/1 There are many flowers among the stubble: creamy-yellow field pansies, scarlet pimpernels, and the bright blue and white eyes of the sprawling fields of speedwell. 1996 241 A cottage garden flower if ever there was, the Viola differs from the Pansy in having smaller flowers on more compact plants and in being very free-flowering. the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > purplish blue the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > bluish purple 1891 19 Jan. 3/1 Woollen materials..in dark tones of red, russet,..violet, pansy, dahlia, petunia, &c. 1914 J. Joyce 227 A red-faced young woman, dressed in pansy. 1926 26 June 13/1 Bathing suit..in blue, cardinal, pansy, black. 1991 (Nexis) 28 Dec. 25 Having chosen the color, she poetically refers to them as pansy, palm, peach and peacock. 3. slang. the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person 1899 G. Ade 63 The Parishioners did not seem inclined to seek him out after Services and tell him he was a Pansy. 1920 G. Ade 62 For every Pansy in this conservative Town there were 14 Rutabagas. the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male 1922 ‘R. Werther’ iii. v. 151 Three short, smooth-faced young men approached and introduced themselves as Roland Reeves, Manon Lescaut, and Prince Pansy—aliases, because few refined androgynes would be so rash as to betray their legal name in the Underworld.] 1926 20 May 23 All About Sex..at the Greenwich Village Theatre... A series of sketches dealing with gentlemen hiding under beds and spectacular numbers showing the different kinds of pansies in the world's history. 1928 in J. N. Katz (1983) 447 All around the den, luxuriating under the little colored lights, the dark dandies were loving up their pansies. 1956 L. McIntosh vii. 103 ‘He was—you know—one of those’... ‘What, a pansy?’ ‘That's right,’ said Julian, ‘he was camp.’ 1976 N. Botham & P. Donnelly vii. 52 A group of degenerate art students, most of whom he considered pansies. 2003 27 Feb. 14/1 Was I the victim of a hack massage therapist, or am I just a pansy? the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > order Clypeastroidea > member of 1954 K. H. Barnard 45 A particular kind of Cake-urchin is called the Two-slit Cake-urchin or Pansy Shell.., and is common in many sandy bays on the south coast. 1976 8 Sept. A pansy is born male and then becomes female at a later stage in order to lay eggs already fertile by itself. 2003 (Nexis) 5 Jan. 83 We were dropped on Pansy Island [sc. Mozambique], so called because of the proliferation of pansy shells, or sand dollars as the Yanks call them. B. adj.the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective] 1929 J. Devanny xvii. 112 ‘Thanks. Don't bother.’ The voice was warm... A rich telephone voice. To an artist a pansy voice; a purple pansy. 1934 M. Hodge iii. 83 She'll forget all about it, in the arms of Roger Cole! I think he's pansy, anyhow. 1942 P. Larkin Let. 12 Aug. in (1992) 41 Thought I'd give you a taste of this new pansy notepaper I had for my birthday on Sunday. Don't apologise. My sister gave it me. 1971 21 Aug. 3/4 ‘Most of these new designs are too pansy, too effeminate,’ said Leading Seaman Robert Nelson. 1989 R. MacNeil iv. 115 We played that pansy game..? No wonder they kicked the British out. Bowled a maiden over? Jesus! Compoundsthe world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > violet and allied flowers > allied flowers 1530 J. Palsgrave 251/2 Pancy floure, menve pencee [cf. 231/1 Hertesease, menve pensee]. 1548 f. lxxxi The Frenche kyng & his bend..with garlondes of friers knottes of white satten, and in euery garlond .liii. paunse flowers, whiche signified, thinke on Fraunces. a1841 J. Clare in (1873) 10 139/1 And there these pansy flowers Came shining in the dews of spring. 1865 R. Buchanan iv But pansy-growing made his heart within Blow fresh. 1895 23 May 7/5 The Marchioness of Ailesbury's dress was carried out entirely in pansy tints, the train being in mauve velvet,..while the petticoat was yellow satin. 1897 26 Jan. 10/1 There has just died..on of the most successful of amateur pansy growers... He turned his attention to pansy-culture [etc.]. 1992 Jan. 26 (caption) ‘The Pansy Flower’, with innumerable variations, most of which she cruelly mangled. 1994 (Nexis) 13 Feb. 1 k American pansy growers on the east coast sowed seeds in sand in July. C2. a. attributive. Designating a colour or shade of colour reminiscent of that in a pansy. 1827 G. Darley iv. iii. 123 Strew! strew ye, Maidens! strew Sweet flowers, and fairest! Pale rose, and pansy blue, Lily the rarest! 1887 R. Thorpe 80 The bright pansy blue has gone out of her eyes. 1993 D. Wakoski 169 You could never stop wondering about the drawerful of poppy red, orchid pink, pansy blue, datura white scarves. the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > bluish purple 1814 P. Syme 25 Pansy Purple, is indigo blue with carmine red, and a slight tinge of raven black. 1898 11 May 4/4 A gown of pansy-purple velvet. 1940 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil iv. 89 Eridanus, than which through fertile lands no river Rushes with more momentum to the pansy-purple sea. 1991 B. Howell (BNC) 128 She did look fetching in her fuchsia velour jumpsuit that deepened her speedwell eyes to a pansy purple. 1893 25 Dec. 2/3 A charming dress is in palest pansy yellow satin with an over dress of green crêpe. b. the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > bluish purple 1891 22 June 6/2 A yoke of pansy-coloured velvet. 1909 18 Mar. 10/3 Lady Kenmare in black and Georgiana Lady Dudley, tall and beautiful in pansy-coloured cloth, were Lady Mayo's assistants. 2000 2 Oct. 135 Leeza Gibbons..sported a pansy-colored ensemble at a recent premiere. 1862 G. M. Hopkins (1967) 9 Their pansy-dark or bronzen locks were strung With coral, shells. 1883 June 135/2 It was a broken bit of ivory, and on it the upper part of a face, sketchily done, with pansy-dark eyes and blush-rose skin. 1901 K. Tynan 6 Under a mountain pansy-dark, Loved of the eagle and the lark. C3. 1934 15 Sept. 318/2 Reminiscences of the fate of Heines and Röhm were reflected in shouts about ‘pansy-boys’. 1971 ‘A. Cross’ (1972) viii. 101 Everything was fine until that pansy boy hid out here to avoid defending his country. 2001 (Nexis) 1 Apr. 166 The audience sees Hitler as a big pansy boy. a1856 J. G. Percival (1859) I. 156 (note) Viola tricolor, the Pansy Violet;—the flower of Napoleon. 1941 Dec. 583/2 In pansy violet..and other violets, the pods first split into three valves and then each valve brings pressure to bear on the enclosed seeds to pinch them out. Derivatives 1891 Aug. 172/1 A flower so small (speedwell?) that its perfect symmetry and purple pansy-like beauty were fully revealed only by the microscope. 1923 50 296 The exquisite, pansy-like blossoms of these plants are found in delicate shades of pink and purple. 1981 71 255 The steep cinder flanks of the conical Pico de Teide are devoid of plant life except for a pansy-like endemic, viola cheiranthifolia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pansyv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pansy n. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)] the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify the person [verb (reflexive)] 1946 ‘C. Brahms’ & ‘S. J. Simon’ 154 Luke Lovelock had pansied himself into a feature of every fashionable production. Luke had such perfect taste. 1951 N. Marsh i. 27 The theatre was shut dahn for a long while until they 'ad it all altered and pansied up. 1966 J. Wainwright xxxix. 172 Originally, his hair had been mousy brown. He'd tried to pansy himself up—and failed. the world > people > person > man > [verb (intransitive)] > effeminate the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] > act in camp manner 1972 M. Kenyon i. 10 It's over a month old..and the last word from McGrew before he went pansying off. 2002 24 Nov. (Seven Days section) 12/6 They don't want to pansy around, or ‘be like girls’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.c1450 v.1946 |
