pursiness

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Shortness of breath, especially due to fatness.

   “pursiness, Asthma, ǎtis. f.”

2. isim 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,”

3. isim 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.”