Purry vs Lurry - What's the difference?
purry | lurry |
purring; inclined to purr
* 2003 , John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer (page 74)
* 2009 , Tui Sutherland, Bulldog Won't Budge (page 145)
To lug or pull about.
To daub; dirty.
(obsolete) A confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.
As an adjective purry
is purring; inclined to purr.As a verb lurry is
to lug or pull about.As a noun lurry is
a confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.purry
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "The little dear," came the nurse's voice low and purry and reassuring, "he's been sitting up worrying all night and he never bothered us once."
- I gingerly patted Carbonel's back. His ears twitched, and I felt a rumble go through his fur. He was purring! “You have a very purry cat,” I said to Ellie.
lurry
English
Etymology 1
Of obscure origin. See (l).Verb
Etymology 2
(etyl) precipitant.Noun
(lurries)- To turn prayer into a kind of lurry . — Milton.
