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Meaning of Sissy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈsɪsi

Definitions

  1. An effeminate boy or man.
    colloquial, derogatory, sometimes
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Cecilia.
  3. Urination; urine.
    childish, colloquial, uncountable
  4. A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
    colloquial, derogatory, sometimes
  5. A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
  6. Sister; often used as a term of address
    colloquial, dated

Equivalents

Examples

“This was all part of football and if any man was such a sissy he could not stand it, then he had better seek the sidelines.”
“I realised I still held my normal male clothes and dropped them to the floor under the desk, out of the way. […] Would it hurt? Yes, I knew it would from watching videos of sissies being spanked by their dominant mistresses.”
“"I so glad - so glad the wicked thing not hurt my sissy!" and in that moment of thankful joy the two children embraced each other with fond affection.”
“Her seven-year-old brother Justin sat on my lap beside her casket. I explained to him why we were staying with his sissy. He wouldn't leave; he stayed, too. He kissed her, touched her hand, told her he would miss her.”
“She has to make. She has to make sissy.”
“‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey.”
““He'd give the store away if Sissy and I let him,” said Dreama.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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