Meaning

noun large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors

noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man

originFrom 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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