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pursy - translation to russian
pursy
['pə:si]
прилагательное
['pə:si]
общая лексика
тучный
полный
страдающий одышкой
сморщенный
морщинистый (о коже, материи)
богатый
зазнавшийся
гордящийся своим богатством
богатый, гордый своим богатством
ветеринария
с запалом
pursy
pursy I adj. 1) страдающий одышкой 2) тучный II adj. 1) богатый, гордый своим богатством 2) сморщенный
pursiness
['pə:sinis]
существительное
общая лексика
одышка
затруднённое дыхание
ветеринария
запал
Definition
pursy
¦ adjective archaic
1. (especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic.
2. fat.
Derivatives
pursiness noun
Origin
ME: reduction of Anglo-Norman Fr. porsif, alt. of OFr. polsif, from polser 'breathe with difficulty', from L. pulsare 'set in violent motion'.
Examples of use of pursy
1. The gym–strafed scrawn of the current cabinet often seems of a piece with its pursy sanctimoniousness: who can look at the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, without wishing, as Caesar once did of Cassius, that she more closely resembled Hattie Jacques?
