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Pursy

Pursy Meaning & Definition
Pursy Definition And Meaning

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

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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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