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Definition of 'sissy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sissy
an effeminate boy or man.

2.  sissy
a timid or cowardly person.

3.  sissy
a little girl.

4. (adj.) sissy
(of a man or boy) effeminate.

5.  sissy
cowardly; timid.

Etymology: (1840–50, Amer.; sis+ -y²)

Definition of 'sissy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

2. (adj) effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy
having unsuitable feminine qualities

'sissy' - Nearby Entries
sissiness sissoo sissu sissy sissyish sister sisterhood

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