† pursiveadj.

Forms: late Middle English pursif, late Middle English–1500s pursyf, 1500s purcyfe, 1500s pursife, 1500s pursyfe, 1600s pursiue, 1600s–1800s pursive.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French porsif, poussif.

Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman porsif (in an apparently isolated attestation in quot. a1400: see note), probably a variant or alteration of Middle French poussif, pousif asthmatic, broken-winded, especially of horses (1280 in Old French as poussieus ) < pousser to breathe with labour or difficulty (c1150; spec. sense of pousser push v.) + -if -ive suffix. With the first syllable compare pur- prefix. Compare also pursick adj., pursy adj.¹, pussy adj.¹With Anglo-Norman porsif perhaps compare Middle French pourcif (1530 in an apparently isolated attestation: see quot. 1530), if this does not represent an error (Cotgrave 1611 and Baret 1574 both have Middle French poulsif).a1400 Miracles S. de Montfort in J. O. Halliwell Chron. W. de Rishanger (1840) 68 Comitissa Gloverniæ habuit palefridum asmaticum, gallice porsif'.

Obsolete.

Esp. of a horse: suffering from shortness of breath; broken-winded; asthmatic; = pursy adj.¹ 1.

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pursick1303

pursivea1425

pursy1440

roaring1509

broken-winded?1523

wind-broken1603

crack-winded1680

thick-windeda1694

musical1831

bellows to mend1854

a1425 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Pierpont Morgan) f. 24^v Also of infeccion & corrupcion of þe humoures of þe breste..& by þe stoppynge of þe wosen & weyes þat comeþ fro þe longe, As in hem þat haue þe pirre & styfles & ben pursyf [L. spasmaticis] & þikke breþid.

a1450 Late Middle Eng. Treat. on Horses (1978) 85 (MED) Ofte-tyme þei þat wenyþ hem-silf sly beþ bi-giled with blynd hors & pursif hors.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 321/2 Purcyfe, shorte wynded or stuffed aboute the stomacke, pourcif.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Pursyfe manne, anhelator, anhelus.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xx. xiii. 58 There is not an hearbe growing in the garden that is so much used for the curing of foure footed beasts, whether it bee that they bee broken winded and pursive, [etc.].

1685 G. Langbaine Hunter iv. 36 Inwardly he is full of glut, and pursive, by means of gross and tough Humours cleaving to the hollow places of the Lungs stopping so his Windpipe that his Wind cannot find free passage, nor his Body be capable of much Labour.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 157 If my Pulse be 90, I am always Pursive, but 95 makes me Asthmatick.

1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 176 They are pursive or broken-winded.

1832 Lancet 2 June 263/1 The pursive or broken-winded horse should never stand idle in the stable a single day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pursive
释义	† pursiveadj. Forms: late Middle English pursif, late Middle English–1500s pursyf, 1500s purcyfe, 1500s pursife, 1500s pursyfe, 1600s pursiue, 1600s–1800s pursive. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French porsif, poussif. Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman porsif (in an apparently isolated attestation in quot. a1400: see note), probably a variant or alteration of Middle French poussif, pousif asthmatic, broken-winded, especially of horses (1280 in Old French as poussieus ) < pousser to breathe with labour or difficulty (c1150; spec. sense of pousser push v.) + -if -ive suffix. With the first syllable compare pur- prefix. Compare also pursick adj., pursy adj.¹, pussy adj.¹With Anglo-Norman porsif perhaps compare Middle French pourcif (1530 in an apparently isolated attestation: see quot. 1530), if this does not represent an error (Cotgrave 1611 and Baret 1574 both have Middle French poulsif).a1400 Miracles S. de Montfort in J. O. Halliwell Chron. W. de Rishanger (1840) 68 Comitissa Gloverniæ habuit palefridum asmaticum, gallice porsif'. Obsolete. Esp. of a horse: suffering from shortness of breath; broken-winded; asthmatic; = pursy adj.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > respiratory disorders pursick1303 pursivea1425 pursy1440 roaring1509 broken-winded?1523 wind-broken1603 crack-winded1680 thick-windeda1694 musical1831 bellows to mend1854 a1425 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Pierpont Morgan) f. 24^v Also of infeccion & corrupcion of þe humoures of þe breste..& by þe stoppynge of þe wosen & weyes þat comeþ fro þe longe, As in hem þat haue þe pirre & styfles & ben pursyf [L. spasmaticis] & þikke breþid. a1450 Late Middle Eng. Treat. on Horses (1978) 85 (MED) Ofte-tyme þei þat wenyþ hem-silf sly beþ bi-giled with blynd hors & pursif hors. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 321/2 Purcyfe, shorte wynded or stuffed aboute the stomacke, pourcif. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Pursyfe manne, anhelator, anhelus. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xx. xiii. 58 There is not an hearbe growing in the garden that is so much used for the curing of foure footed beasts, whether it bee that they bee broken winded and pursive, [etc.]. 1685 G. Langbaine Hunter iv. 36 Inwardly he is full of glut, and pursive, by means of gross and tough Humours cleaving to the hollow places of the Lungs stopping so his Windpipe that his Wind cannot find free passage, nor his Body be capable of much Labour. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 157 If my Pulse be 90, I am always Pursive, but 95 makes me Asthmatick. 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 176 They are pursive or broken-winded. 1832 Lancet 2 June 263/1 The pursive or broken-winded horse should never stand idle in the stable a single day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1425
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