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short-breathed, a.|ˌʃɔːtˈbrɛθt|
[f. short a. + breath n. + -ed2.]
Short of breath; suffering from difficulty of breathing, dyspnœic.
1470–85Malory Arthur viii. xxxix. 333 Sir Lamorak was so sore brysed and shorte brethed that he tracyd and trauercyd somwhat abak. 1620Venner Via Recta vi. (1650) 100 It is very profitable for such as be asthmaticke or short-breathed. 1753J. Bartlet Gentl. Farriery ix. (1754) 89 The horse..turns short-breathed with the least exercise. 1805J. Whitaker in Polwhele's Tradit. (1826) II. 551 The air of London..is so loaded with sulphur..as to be almost pestilential to a short-breathed man. 1809Malkin Gil Blas x. iii. (Rtldg.) 343 The deuce and all! stammered out my secretary, short-breathed with sudden admiration. 1911Blackw. Mag. Sept. 306/2 Being short-breathed and unable to go up even a gentle hill without panting and puffing.
b. fig. (Cf. short-winded.)
1845Mrs. Browning Lett. (1899) I. 255 One should not be grateful for kindness only while it lasts: that would be short-breathed gratitude. |