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Definitions for: Pursy [adj] breathing laboriously or convulsively
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: blown, breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, gasping, out of breath(p), panting, short-winded, winded
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