pursy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pursy
    adj 1: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {blown},
           {pursy}, {short-winded}, {winded}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pursy \Pur"sy\, a. [OF. pourcif, poulsif, poussif, fr. pousser
   to push, thrust, heave, OF. also poulser: cf. F. pousse the
   heaves, asthma. See {Push}.]
   Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with
   pampering; as, pursy insolence. --Shak.
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         Pursy important he sat him down.         --Sir W. Scot.
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