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Definition of pursy in English: pursyadjective ˈpəːsiˈpərsi archaic 1(especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic. 2(of a person) fat. Example sentencesExamples - Turkey was a short, pursy Englishman of about my own age, that is, somewhere not far from sixty.
Synonyms fat, fattish, obese, overweight, plump, portly, stout, chubby, paunchy, beer-bellied, thickset, hefty, heavy, heavyset, burly, bulky, chunky, well padded, well covered, well upholstered, meaty, fleshy, rotund, round, well rounded, broad, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, big, large, gargantuan, elephantine
Derivatives noun ˈpəːsɪnəsˈpərsinəs archaic
Origin Late Middle English: reduction of Anglo-Norman French porsif, alteration of Old French polsif, from polser 'breathe with difficulty', from Latin pulsare 'set in violent motion'. Rhymes arsy-versy, Circe, mercy, Percy Definition of pursy in US English: pursyadjectiveˈpərsēˈpərsi archaic 1(especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic. 2(of a person) fat. Example sentencesExamples - Turkey was a short, pursy Englishman of about my own age, that is, somewhere not far from sixty.
Synonyms fat, fattish, obese, overweight, plump, portly, stout, chubby, paunchy, beer-bellied, thickset, hefty, heavy, heavyset, burly, bulky, chunky, well padded, well covered, well upholstered, meaty, fleshy, rotund, round, well rounded, broad, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, big, large, gargantuan, elephantine
Origin Late Middle English: reduction of Anglo-Norman French porsif, alteration of Old French polsif, from polser ‘breathe with difficulty’, from Latin pulsare ‘set in violent motion’. |