pursedadj.n.
/pəːst/, U.S. /pərst/ 1. With preceding word. Having a purse of the specified size or fullness, or the specified amount of money. Cf. purse v. 3. Also as n.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [adjective]
moneyed1457
pursed1602
flush1603
ready-moneyed1688
pennied1806
1602 Larum for London sig. B3 v My Lords these fat purs'd peasants are so proude, Friends and defence, are lesse esteem'd then pelfe.
1619 J. Taylor Kicksey Winsey vii. sig. B8 Most of those I meane, are full purs'd Hindes, Being beggerly in nothing but their mindes.
1727 E. Boyd Variety: a Poem ii. 68 Poet's empty-purs'd Condition.
1801 L. Chester Federalism Triumphant i. i. 12 We now see commercial men, East-India merchants, and heavy pursed members of Society.
1893 ‘A. Hope’ Change of Air xv The unending talks with fellows like-minded and like-pursed.
1910 Daily Chron. 7 Mar. 8/5 Fashion's Newest comes within the reach of even the most moderately pursed.
1928 Cent. Mag. May 40/1 Hundreds of thousands of fat-pursed tourists waiting at the end of the struggle to ‘see Europe’.
2003 Guardian 26 Apr. (Guide Suppl.) 63/3 Da Vinci..is in search of fame, fortune and a deep-pursed patron.
2. Of the lips, mouth, etc.: drawn into tight folds or wrinkles; drawn together, puckered. Also with up. Cf. purse v. 4b.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle
rivelledlOE
frounced1422
rivelling1481
wrinkleda1529
rideled1530
writhled1565
rugged1590
furrow-faced1607
shrivelled1607
corrugated1623
furrow-fronted1640
seamed1656
pursed1676
corrugate1745
crow's-footed1831
crow-footed1834
lined1839
crowed1851
wrinkled1859
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles
clungc1325
clinkery1398
hirpleda1400
clunged1495
wrinkled?1523
shrivelled1565
rivelled1601
puckered1606
rivelled1627
shrimped1638
truss1674
pursed1676
wizened1728
weazen1765
wizen1786
nirled1808
beshrivelled1821
weazened1842
weazeny1864
concertinaed1880
swivelled1898
scrunty1947
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased
rivelledlOE
hirpleda1400
runkleda1400
rimpleda1425
wrimpledc1430
crimpled1440
frumpledc1440
runkle?1440
ruscledc1440
crumple1523
wrinkled?1523
creased1545
pursy1552
shrivelled1565
wrinkly1573
crumpled1577
ruffed1578
scrimpledc1590
wrizzled1590
wimpled1599
rucked1600
puckered1606
cappard1608
wrinkleful1608
plighty1615
yfrouncta1643
puggered1653
caperated1657
wreathed1657
pursed1676
crinkly1750
runkly1772
wrinkling1791
ruckya1825
puckery1830
creasy1858
seamy1874
crinkle1886
kinkled1890
bumfled1943
1676 N. Lee Gloriana iii. i. 23 His brow dilates, and his purs'd lips awhile Forget their angry use, and gravely smile.
1767 E. Lloyd Conversation 50 Thou Fool of Bus'ness too! we well can spare That pursed Brow, Down-look, and plodding Air.
1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics i. 4 His large light blue eyes and pursed-up mouth.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xvii. 287 Mr. Brownlow looked apprehensively at Bumble's pursed-up countenance.
1891 S. Baring-Gould In Troubadour-land ii. 28 She sat scowling, with pursed lips.
1933 C. Mackenzie Water on Brain viii. 111 She turned round and whispered through a pursed up mouth, ‘Very Important Personage’.
1975 J. Lees-Milne Diary 5 Sept. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 53 An intellectual man, not likeable, prim, prissy,..with a supercilious look on his pursed lips, as though he despised the world and all its inhabitants.
2004 J. Denby Billie Morgan xiii. 101 I mentioned this—without the swearing—but just got a head-wobble, pursed lips and comments about being contrary for the sake of it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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