pursy
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pursy
(ˈpɜːsɪ)adj
1. (Pathology) short-winded
2. archaic fat; overweight
[C15: alteration of earlier pursive, from Anglo-French porsif, ultimately from Latin pulsāre to pulsate]
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Adj. | 1. | pursy - breathing laboriously or convulsively breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic - not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" |
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