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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: sister

sissy

 noun
     
sis‧sy , cissy [countable] informal not polite
a boy that other boys dislike because he prefers doing things that girls enjoy:
• He wanted to go to dance classes, but he was afraid the other boys would call him a sissy.
—sissy adjective
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