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Sissy vs Cissy - What's the difference?

sissy | cissy |

As nouns the difference between sissy and cissy

is that sissy is an effeminate boy or man while cissy is an alternative spelling of sissy.

As an adjective sissy

is effeminate.

As a verb sissy

is to urinate.

As a proper noun Sissy

is {{given name|female|diminutive=Cecilia}}.

sissy

English

Etymology 1

Extended form of

Noun

(sissies)
  • (pejorative, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
  • (pejorative, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
  • (BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
  • (colloquial) Sister.
    • Synonyms
    * (timid or cowardly person) mama's boy, pansy, nancyboy * (effeminate boy) janegirl
    Derived terms
    * prissy * sissified * sissy bar (a passenger backrest for a motorcycle or bicycle) * sissyphobia * sissy squat (a weightlifting exercise emphasizing knee extension)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (pejorative) .
  • * 2000 , (revised edition), Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-58176-7, page 173:
    • she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers.
  • (pejorative) .

    • Etymology 2

    Likely onomatopoetic, perhaps related to (etyl) . Compare piss; wee-wee.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
  • *

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (childish, colloquial) To urinate.
  • *
    • English onomatopoeias

    cissy

    English

    Noun

    (cissies)
  • A cissexual or cisgender person.

    • Antonyms

    * (cissexual or cisgender person) tranny