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pursy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pursy \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pursy adj : breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {blown}, {gasping}, {out of breath(p)}, {panting}, {short-winded}, {winded}]
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