Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pursy \Pur"sy\, a. [OF. pourcif, poulsif, poussif, fr. pousser
   to push, thrust, heave, OF. also poulser: cf. F. pousse the
   heaves, asthma. See {Push}.]
   Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with
   pampering; as, pursy insolence. --Shak.

         Pursy important he sat him down.         --Sir W. Scot.

Source : WordNet®

pursy
     adj : breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {blown}, {gasping},
            {out of breath(p)}, {panting}, {short-winded}, {winded}]