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marica — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fairy noun A small, magical being of human shape, often shown with wings in folklore and fiction.
  • fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
  • magpie noun A black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its chattering call and reputed liking for shiny objects.
  • pansy noun A small cultivated garden flower with broad, often multicoloured petals.
  • queer adj Relating to a sexual orientation or gender identity that isn't exclusively heterosexual or cisgender; used both as a reclaimed identity term and, historically, as a slur.

Senses

marica is used for these senses in English:

  • fairy (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
  • fruit (dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]
  • magpie One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
  • pansy (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
  • queer (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

fruit — full definition

  1. noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
  2. noun A good or bad result of effort or action.
  3. verb To produce fruit.

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