"cissy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪsi/ Forms: cissies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪsi Head templates: {{en-noun}} cissy (plural cissies)
  1. Alternative spelling of sissy (“wimp”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sissy (extra: wimp)
    Sense id: en-cissy-en-noun-kbIIE1XQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪsi/ Forms: cissies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪsi Etymology: From cis(gender) + -y, on the analogy of tranny and punning on sissy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cisgender|-y|alt1=cis(gender)}} cis(gender) + -y, {{m|en|tranny}} tranny, {{m|en|sissy}} sissy Head templates: {{en-noun}} cissy (plural cissies)
  1. (slang, rare, often humorous, sometimes derogatory) A cisgender or cissexual person. Tags: derogatory, humorous, often, rare, slang, sometimes Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-cissy-en-noun-DKpZyY8w Disambiguation of Transgender: 15 85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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