Purry vs Pursy - What's the difference?
purry | pursy |
purring; inclined to purr
* 2003 , John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer (page 74)
* 2009 , Tui Sutherland, Bulldog Won't Budge (page 145)
out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness
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*:now breathless wrong / Shall sit and pant in your great chairs of ease, / And pursy insolence shall break his wind / With fear and horrid flight.
fat
*1824 , Washington Irwing, Tales of a Traveler , :
*:It was a long winding ascent, and obliged him every now and then to stop and blow and wipe his forehead with many a pish! and phew! being rather pursy and short of wind.
As adjectives the difference between purry and pursy
is that purry is purring; inclined to purr while pursy is out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.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.
