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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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INTERTRIGO
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
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