Tansy

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈtanzi/
• US IPA: /ˈtæn.zi/

Origin

From Old French tanesie, tanoisie et al., aphetic form of athanasie, from Medieval Latin athanasia, from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία ("immortality").

Full definition of tansy

Noun

1. A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially .
• 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 365:The sunny afternoon was there, like another land. By the path grew tansy and little trees.
2. (uncountable, obsolete) A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish.

Derived terms

• double tansy
• tansy mustard

Anagrams

• antsy
• nasty
• Santy