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Webster 1913 Edition
Pursy
Pur′sy
,Adj.
[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
insolenceShak.
Pursy
important he sat him down. Sir W. Scot.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pursy
PURS'Y
, a corrupt orthography. [See Pussy.]Definition 2024
pursy
pursy
English
Adjective
pursy (comparative pursier, superlative pursiest)
- Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens
- now breathless wrong / Shall sit and pant in your great chairs of ease, / And pursy insolence shall break his wind / With fear and horrid flight.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens
- Fat.
Etymology 2
From purse (“pucker”) + -y and purse (“small bag for carrying money”) + -y.
Adjective
pursy (comparative pursier, superlative pursiest)
- Puckered.
- Purse-proud, vain about one's wealth.