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# Word of the day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-108/
- Published: 2019-11-17T17:15:46.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-17T17:35:32.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

The word for today is…

pursy (adj) – 1\. Having a puckered appearance.  
2\. Proud because of one’s wealth especially in the absence of other distinctions.  
3\. (Pathology) short-winded.  
4\. (Archaic) Fat; overweight.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/pursy?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : There are two adjectives spelled pursy, each with its own etymology. The one describing a puckered appearance goes back to the mid-16th century and has its source in the noun purse (“a receptacle for carrying money and other small objects”); a drawstring purse’s puckered appearance is the inspiration.

The other pursy (pronounced PUH-see or PER-see) dates from the 15th century and can mean “short-winded especially because of corpulence” or simply “fat.” This pursy comes from the Old French word pousser , meaning “to exert pressure” or “to breathe heavily”—the same word, etymologists believe, behind the word push.