pursy

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.
2. Fat and short.

Sinonieme

blown

short-winded

winded

blocky

bluff

bouncing

breathless

burly

clumpy

clumsy

coarse

asthmatic

fat

gross

lubberly

lumpish

lumpy

puffy

stubbed

thick

thickset

wheezy

crass

beefy

big

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: pursyf

In summary

From Middle English pursyf (“short of breath, asthmatic”), probably from Old French pousser (“to push; to breathe with difficulty”); see French poussif (“wheezy”).