pansyish

English

Etymology

pansy +‎ -ish

Adjective

pansyish (comparative more pansyish, superlative most pansyish)

1. (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!