pursy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pursy/ˈpəːsi/
▶adjective archaic
- 1 (especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic.
- 2 fat.
– derivatives
pursiness noun.
pursiness noun.
– origin ME: reduction of Anglo-Norman Fr. porsif, alt. of OFr. polsif, from polser ‘breathe with difficulty’, from L. pulsare ‘set in violent motion’.
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