pursy

Definitions


[ˈpəːsi], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic

- (of a person) fat


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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’




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