Dictionary

meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery en · NOUN

Etymology

From meet + her + in + the + entry + kiss + her + in + the + buttery. See kiss-her-in-the-buttery § Etymology.

Meanings

1. Synonym of wild pansy (“Viola tricolor”).
   • This is, of course, the heartsease of Shakespeare. It is one of several annuals long known as "none-so-pretty," and has also been called "come-and-cuddle-me," "Kit-run-about," "Kitty-come," "three-faces-under-a-hood," "pink-of-my-Joan," "tickle-my-fancy," "kiss-me-ere-I-rise," and "meet-her-in-the-entry-kiss-her-in-the-buttery." 1901-1917, Country Life in America, Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 486:
   • From its coquettishly hanging head and half-hidden face, the Pansy bears a whole catalogue of amatory names: it is Heart's-ease, Love in Idleness, Pink of my John, Tittle my fancy, Jump up and Kiss me, Kiss behind the Garden Gate, Meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery—The longest Plant-name surely in any language. 1891, William Tuckwell, Tongues in Trees and Sermons in Stones, George Allen, →OCLC, pages 79-80:

Forms

Synonyms

wild pansy