pansy

Etymology

From Middle French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head. Doublet of pensée.

noun

1. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
2. (color) A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
   pansy:
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia.
4. (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
5. (derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

adj

1. Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
2. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

verb

1. (slang, intransitive, usually with "around" or "about") To mess about; to fail to get things done.