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   Sis·sy

   /ˈsisē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a soft, timid, or oversensitive person, or a boy or man viewed as being overly interested in things traditionally associated with women: "he would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy"

   adjective

   • 1. soft, timid, or oversensitive, or overly interested in things traditionally associated with women: "they still think that dancing is a sissy thing for guys to do"

   Word Origin mid 18th century (in the sense ‘sister’): from sis1 + -y2.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sissiness noun
   • 2. sissyish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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