pussy

Etymology 1

From puss + -y (diminutive suffix).

noun

1. (informal, endearing) A cat.
   And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world. 17 Nov 2007, Liz Jones, “Are cats the new dogs?”, in The Independent
2. (vulgar, colloquial) The female genitalia; the vulva and/or vagina.
   There's a lot of disagreement about where that word came from. Pussy is actually a diminutive of pusillanimous, meaning cowardly. Although maybe the origin doesn't matter, since everyone equates it with the female anatomy anyway?] [2016, Alexandra Sirowy, The Telling (young adult fiction), Simon & Schuster, page 6
3. Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow.
4. (vulgar, slang, uncountable, often in the phrase "to get some pussy") Sexual intercourse with a woman.
   I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight.
   The teachers are not there to help you. Most of them are still freelancers and the last thing they want is more competition. They are there because they need a steady paycheck and they hope to score some pussy! 1991, Daniel Clowes, Art School Confidential
5. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) A coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, or pathetic person.
   You're such a pussy!
   You ought to hear some of the docs that are the sweetest old pussies with their patients—the way they bawl out the nurses. But labs—they seem sort of real. I don't suppose you can bluff a bacteria—what is it?—bacterium? 1925, Sinclair Lewis, Martin Arrowsmith (fiction), Harcourt Brace & Company
   I couldn't carry the burden of shame engendered by the bully-boy advertising of "max-strength" cold and flu remedies, the obvious subtext of which is "Get to work, you pussy." 26 Nov 2007, Matt Keating, “Do everyone a favour and don't bring your cold to work”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2014-10-06
   Shepard: You're in a bad situation, and I'm going to get you out of here. Jack: Shit, you sound like a pussy. 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Prison Ship Purgatory
6. (colloquial, endearing, now rare) A woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness.
   If Lloyd George’s endearments to mistress Frances Stevenson – “My darling Pussy. You might phone… on Friday if you can come. Don’t let Hankey see you” – had been made similarly public, would he have maintained his own reputation as a towering statesman? 3 Jun 2010, Jojo Moyes, “Why love letters are better left unread”, in The Telegraph
7. (vulgar, gay slang) The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex.
8. (vulgar, humorous, Internet slang) Used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to cavities. See -ussy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
   thrussy; clussy
9. (vulgar, humorous, Internet slang) A notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into. Also used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to this. See -ussy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
10. (dated) A game of tipcat.

Etymology 2

From pus + -y.

adj

1. (medicine) Containing pus.

Etymology 3

adj

1. (slang, dated) Alternative form of pursy