pursiness
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2ADJ.
slight
PURSINESS + NOUN
asthma, f, th, tis
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noun
The state of being pursy.
pursiness, Asthma, ǎtis. f.
1838, Robert Smith Surtees, Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 2nd edition, 1843, No. I, “The Swell and the Surrey,” p. 6, […] any slight degree of pursiness that the good steeds may have acquired by standing at livery in Cripplegate, or elsewhere, is speedily pumped out of them by a smart brush over the turf […]
The state of being pursy.
1595, Thomas Lodge, A Fig for Momus, Epistle VI, cited in J. W. Lever, The Elizabethan Love Sonnet, London: Methuen, 1966, p. 150, You pray me to aduise, and tell you what Will take away your pursiness and fat,
PURSINESS, […] obesity.
The state of being pursy.
When he smiled, the slight pursiness of his mouth disappeared, and a markedly irregular front tooth gave him a boyish air.
[…] as his lips pressed down upon hers, coaxing them to abandon their pursiness and relax, she gave a little moan of surprise.
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3pursiness, Asthma, ǎtis. f.
Wiktionary1838, Robert Smith Surtees, Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 2nd edition, 1843, No. I, “The Swell and the Surrey,” p. 6, […] any slight degree of pursiness that th
Wiktionary1595, Thomas Lodge, A Fig for Momus, Epistle VI, cited in J. W. Lever, The Elizabethan Love Sonnet, London: Methuen, 1966, p. 150, You pray me to aduise, and tell you what Will take away your pursines
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