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   pursy

   /ˈpəːsi/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic.
   • 2. (of a person) fat.

   Word 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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pursiness noun

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