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Adjective: sissified  'si-si,fId
Usage: informal
  1. Weal or having unsuitable feminine qualities
    "Do Indians in full regalia look sissified?";
    - effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy [Brit, informal], sissyish [informal], sissy [informal], camp [informal], campy [informal]
Noun: sissy  si-see
Usage: informal
  1. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
    "Don't be such a sissy, it's just a tiny spider";
    - pantywaist [N. Amer, informal], pansy [informal], milksop [informal], Milquetoast [N. Amer, informal], cissy [Brit, informal]

See also: poncey [Brit, informal], poncy [Brit, informal], unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly

Type of: chicken [informal], coward

Encyclopedia: Sissy, Aisne