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Sissy   /sˈɪsi/   Listen
Sissy

noun
1.
A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.  Synonyms: milksop, Milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist.
adjective
1.
Having unsuitable feminine qualities.  Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissyish.






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"Sissy" Quotes from Famous Books



... Olever, the head teacher, familiarly called "Sissy Jane." In that real and beautiful presence Miss Fitzallen retired to her old place, and oh, the mortification she left behind her! I looked up, a detected criminal, into the face of her who had brought to me this humiliation, and took her for a model. My folly did not ...
— Half a Century • Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm

... name. They call me Sissy Atterson at school. But it doesn't belong to me. I—I've thought lots about choosing a name for myself—a real fancy one, you know. There's lots of pretty, ...
— Hiram The Young Farmer • Burbank L. Todd

... veto them," persisted Cora. "Well, then, never mind, sissy. You sometimes have splendid ideas, even if they are ...
— The Motor Girls • Margaret Penrose

... down the steps and watched its return to the attack. Then with something of melancholy retrospect in his pale eyes he pursued his reflections. "Now there was Sissy Belmire an' Bud Thomas, been keeping company for two years, then washed hands in common at the Christian Endeavor picnic an'—" He broke off to shake ...
— The Lighted Match • Charles Neville Buck

... mind playing with his sister Sue, but he did not want to take part in games with too many girls, for sometimes the older boys called him "sissy." And Bunny ...
— Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue • Laura Lee Hope


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