Tăn'sy, n.

n. [Fr. tanaisie, It. & Sp. tanaceto, N. Lat. tanacetum, Pg. tanasia, athanasia, N. Lat. athanasia, from Gr. ἀθανασία, immortality, from ἀθάνατος, immortal.]

1Sense 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Tanacetum, of many species. It is extremely bitter to the taste, has a strong aromatic odor, and is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.

2Sense 2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, wine, cream, and the juice of some herb. It was fried with butter. [Obs.]

I had a pretty dinner for them; viz., a brace of stewed carps, six roasted chickens, and a jowl of salmon, hot, for the first course; a tansy, and two neat's tongues, and cheese, the second. Pepys.