Definition of pursy Pursy

purs•y

We found 6 definitions of pursy from 6 different sources.

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What does pursy mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

pursy - breathing laboriously or convulsively
  blown, short-winded, winded
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • pursy (a.)
    Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • pursy
    purs′i, adj. puffy: fat and short: short-breathed.—n. Purs′iness. [O. Fr. pourcif (Fr. poussif), orig. poulsif, broken-winded—O. Fr. poulser (Fr. pousser), to push—L. pulsāre, to push.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • pursy
    Short-breathed, or foggy, from being over fat.

Part of speech

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  • pursy, adjective.

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