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Word: Sissy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘sister’): from sis+ -y
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsɪsi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a soft, timid, or oversensitive person, or a boy or man viewed as being overly interested in things traditionally associated with women
Short Definition:weak, soft, or timid person
Examples:- he would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy
- I'm no sissy, but I don't like airplanes
Variant Forms:
- cissy
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