pursy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite breathing laboriously or convulsively
    winded; short-winded; blown.

WordNet

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

Webster 1913