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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.

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  • 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.

 

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