† poisyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Heavy, heavily built; weighty. Cf. peisy adj.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and broad
massya1382
stout1390
burlyc1400
corporalc1475
massive1485
poisy1538
big-made1566
chopping1566
grossa1578
large-bodied1577
weighty1581
burly-boned1590
mastya1593
lumbering1593
giantisha1635
gigantic1651
mastiff1668
large-made1725
lusty1777
bowerly1794
squelching1854
beef to the heel(s)1867
hefty1867
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Crassus, fatte, fleshy, thycke, grosse, poysye.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pesante, heauy, waightie, poisie, pondrous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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