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Adjective: sissy (sissier,sissiest)  si-see
Usage: informal
  1. Having unsuitable feminine qualities
    - effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy [Brit, informal], sissified [informal], sissyish [informal], camp [informal], campy [informal]
Noun: sissy  si-see
Usage: informal
  1. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
    - pantywaist [N. Amer, informal], pansy [informal], milksop [informal], Milquetoast [N. Amer, informal], cissy [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: sissier, sissies, sissiest

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

Type of: chicken [informal], coward

Encyclopedia: Sissy, Aisne

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siskiyou lewisia
Sison
Sison amomum
siss
sissification
sissified
sissiness
sissoo
sissu
sissy
sissyish
Sister
sister
sister ship
sisterhood
sister-in-law
sisterlike
sisterly
Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows
Sisters of st. Michael the Archangel