Pursy
/ˈpɜːr.si/noun
Having a wrinkled, puckered, or bloated appearance; also, short of breath or asthmatic in older usage.
Did you know?Pursy comes from a medieval word for a pouch or purse, and the same root also gave English the word *purse*, showing how a word for a bag became a description of a baggy, bloated look.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bher-
“To carry or bear”
Late Latin
Latin
bursa
“A bag or pouch”
Old French
OF
borse / bourse
“A purse or money bag”
Middle English
ME
pursy
“Full, swollen, puffed up; short-winded”
Modern English
English
pursy
“Wrinkled, puckered, or bloated; short of breath”
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