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pursy | purse |

As an adjective pursy

is out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.

As a noun purse is

a small bag for carrying money.

As a verb purse is

to press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

pursy

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) pursif "short of breath, asthmatic", probably from (etyl) pousser "to push; to breathe with difficulty".

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness
  • *
  • *: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.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • puckered
  • purse-proud, vain about one's wealth

    • Anagrams

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    purse

    English

    (wikipedia purse)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small bag for carrying money.
  • * 1550 Mierdman, Steuen, The market or fayre of usurers
    • And then mu?t many a man occupie as farre as his pur?e would reache, and ?tretche out his legges accordynge to the length of his couerlet.
  • (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
  • A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
    • It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns.
  • (historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.

    • Synonyms

    * (small bag for carrying money) pocketbook; coin purse, change purse * (especially US) * (small bag used by women) handbag (especially UK) * (quantity of money) bursary, grant

    Derived terms

    * common purse * make a silk purse of a sow's ear * murse

    Related terms

    * bursa, bursar, bursary * reimburse

    See also

    * wallet

    Verb

    (purs)
  • To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
  • * 1979 , (Monty Python), (Always Look on the Bright Side of Life)
    • When you're feeling in the dumps
    Don't be silly chumps
    Just purse your lips and whistle – that's the thing.
  • To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou didst contract and purse thy brow.
  • To put into a purse.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I will go and purse the ducats straight.
  • (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • I'll purse : I'll bet at bowling alleys.

    Synonyms

    * pucker

    Anagrams

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