Found 2 items, similar to pursy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pursy
pursy
adj : breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn:
blown,
gasping,
out of breath(p),
panting,
short-winded,
winded]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pursy
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.
[1913 Webster]
Pursy important he sat him down. --Sir W. Scot.
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