Definition of pansy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pansy

noun

/ˈpænzi/

(plural pansies)

a small garden plant with brightly coloured flowers

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Word Originlate Middle English: from French pensée ‘thought, pansy’, from penser ‘think’, from Latin pensare, frequentative of pendere ‘weigh, consider’.

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