pansy
noun
[ ˈpanzi ]
• a cultivated variety of viola with brightly coloured flowers.
• an effeminate or gay man.
• a sand dollar with a purple marking on the shell that resembles a flower.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French pensée ‘thought, pansy’, from penser ‘think’, from Latin pensare, frequentative of pendere ‘weigh, consider’.
