pursiness
Etymology
From pursy + -ness.
pursiness means the state of being pursy.; Shortness of breath, especially due to fatness. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- The state of being pursy.; Shortness of breath, especially due to fatness.“pursiness, Asthma, ǎtis. f.”
- The state of being pursy.; Fatness, obesity.“1595, Thomas Lodge, A Fig for Momus, Epistle VI, cited in J. W. Lever, The Elizabethan Love Sonnet, London: Methuen, 1966, p. 150,
You pray me to aduise, and tell you what
Will take away your pursiness and fat,”
- The state of being pursy.; The state of being puckered.“When he smiled, the slight pursiness of his mouth disappeared, and a markedly irregular front tooth gave him a boyish air.”