pansyish
English
Etymology
pansy + -ish
Adjective
pansyish (comparative more pansyish, superlative most pansyish)
- (derogatory, colloquial) Of a man: effeminate, weak, wussy.
- 2010, Peter Holbrook, Shakespeare's Individualism (page 232)
- Jocelyn Brooke's brilliant, semi-autobiographical The Military Orchid deals with the author's sensitive, precocious, pansyish childhood, defined largely by the pursuit of exotic orchids and addiction to fireworks.
- 2019, Malcolm McLean, Freak Like Me
- Conor was also pansyish and into music and theatre. At last I would have a genuine friend there; someone I had something in common with. My wallflower days were over!
- 2010, Peter Holbrook, Shakespeare's Individualism (page 232)