About The Word Pursy
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Pursy
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What's The Definition Of Pursy?
[adj] breathing laboriously or convulsively
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pursy: blown | breathless | dyspneal | dyspneic | dyspnoeal | dyspnoeic | gasping | out of breath(p) | panting | short-winded | winded Related Terms | Find terms related to Pursy: See Also | Pursy In Webster's Dictionary \Pur"sy\, a. [OF. pourcif, poulsif, poussif, fr. pousser
to push, thrust, heave, OF. also poulser: cf. F. pousse the
heaves, asthma. See {Push}.]
Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with
pampering; as, pursy insolence. --Shak.
Pursy important he sat him down. --Sir W. Scot.
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