pursy
/ˈpəːsi
/adjective archaic
1(Especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic.
2(Of a person) fat.Turkey was a short, pursy Englishman of about my own age, that is, somewhere not far from sixty.
Derivatives
pursiness
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
- supercar
- supercarbonate
- supercarbonated
- supercargo
- supercarrier
- super-Catholic
- supercavitating
- supercavitation
- supercede
- supercedeable
- supercelestial
- supercell
- supercentenarian
- supercentre
- super-cerebral
- super-ceremonious
- supercessive
- supercessor
- supercessory
- supercharge
- supercharger
- supercherie
- superchery
- super-chilled
- superchip