PURSILY

Etymology

Adverb

pursily (comparative more pursily, superlative most pursily)

In a pursy manner

Out of breath, breathlessly.

In a puckered manner.

Anagrams

• plurisy

Source: Wiktionary


PURSY

Pur"sy, a. Etym: [OF. pourcif, poulsif, poussif, fr. pousser to push, thrust, heave, OF. also poulser: cf. F. pousse the heaves, asthma. See Push.]

Definition: Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence. Shak. Pursy important he sat him down. Sir W. Scot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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