PURSY


Meaning of PURSY in English

adj. 1 short-winded; puffy. 2 corpulent. pursiness n.

[ ME, earlier pursive f. AF porsif f. OF polsif f. polser breathe with difficulty f. L pulsare (as PULSATE) ]

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