Word Meanings - PURSY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence. Shak. Pursy important he sat him down. Sir W. Scot. (more info) thrust, heave, OF. also poulser: cf. F. pousse the heaves, asthma.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PURSY)

• Fat
• Corpulent
• fleshy
• brawny
• pursy
• rich
• luxuriant
• portly
• stout
• fertile
• unctuous
• obese
• oleaginous

Related words: (words related to PURSY)

• OLEAGINOUSNESS
  Oiliness. Boyle.
• CORPULENT
  1. Very fat; obese. 2. Solid; gross; opaque. Holland. Syn. -- Stout; fleshy; bulky; obese. See Stout.
• OBESENESS
  Quality of being obese; obesity.
• PORTLY
  1. Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing. 2. Bulky; corpulent. "A portly personage." Dickens.
• LUXURIANTLY
  In a luxuriant manner.
• OLEAGINOUS
  Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.
• BRAWNY
  Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." W. Irving. Syn. -- Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; sinewy; athletic; stalwart; powerful; robust.
• CORPULENTLY
  In a corpulent manner.
• OBESE
  Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy. (more info) itself fat, fat, stout, p.p. of obedere to devour; ob +
• STOUTLY
  In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.
• FERTILENESS
  Fertility. Sir P. Sidney.
• LUXURIANT
  Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope. Luxuriant flower , one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the
• PURSY
  Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence. Shak. Pursy important he sat him down. Sir W. Scot. (more info) thrust, heave, OF. also poulser: cf. F. pousse the heaves, asthma.
• FERTILELY
  In a fertile or fruitful manner.
• FERTILE
  1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination. Though he in a fertile climate dwell. Shak. Capable of
• STOUT-HEARTED
  Having a brave heart; courageous. -- Stout"-heart"ed*ness, n.
• STOUTISH
  Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.
• UNCTUOUS
  1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy. "The unctuous cheese." Longfellow. 2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals. 3. Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes,
• STOUT
  ; akin to AS. stolt, 1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless. With hearts stern and stout. Chaucer. A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous
• FLESHY
  Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants. (more info) 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. 2. Human. "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.
• INFERTILELY
  In an infertile manner.
• INFERTILE
  Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.
• UNFERTILE
  Not fertile; infertile; barren. -- Un*fer"tile*ness, n.