WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pur•sy1
(pûr′sē),USA pronunciation adj., -si•er, -si•est.
pur′si•ly, adv.
pur′si•ness, n.
purs•y2 (pûr′sē),USA pronunciation adj., purs•i•er, purs•i•est.
- short-winded, esp. from corpulence or fatness.
- corpulent or fat.
- Anglo-French porsif, variant of Old French polsif, derivative (see -ive) of polser to pant, heave. See push
- late Middle English purcy, variant of Middle English pursif 1400–50
pur′si•ness, n.
purs•y2 (pûr′sē),USA pronunciation adj., purs•i•er, purs•i•est.
- vain about one's wealth;
purse-proud.
- purse + -y1 1545–55