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pursily

[pur-see]

adjective, -si·er, -si·est.

short-winded, especially from corpulence or fatness.

corpulent or fat.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English purcy, variant of Middle English pursif < Anglo-French porsif, variant of Old French polsif, derivative (see -ive) of polser to pant, heave. See push

Related forms

pur·si·ly, adverb

pur·si·ness, noun

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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