pursy

Meaning

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

Synonyms

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

Etymology

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