单词 | pursiveness |
释义 | † pursivenessn. Obsolete. = pursiness n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath straitness1398 straitheada1400 pursivenessc1450 pursiness?c1475 shortwindiness1545 shortness of breath1577 angustness1598 angustity1599 brevity1600 breathlessness1612 short-windedness1614 dyspnoea1681 tightness1785 puffiness1813 c1450 Bk. Marchalsi (Harl. 6398) (1973) f. 27v (MED) Medicine for þe maladi of pursyfnes. c1475 Bk. Marchalsi (Trin. Cambr.) f. 27 Pursyfnesse [1450 Harl. 6398 Wher-of comz pursiuete]? 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Pursifenes, dipsnœa. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvi. vii. 247 Hyssope is commended..for pursivenesse and shortnesse of wind. 1685 G. Langbaine Hunter ix. 78 Yet you are not to sweat him, or put him to any violent Labour, the design this week being to keep him in Wind and Breath, and to prevent pursiveness. 1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery vi. 60 Distinguished in their symptoms from that pursiveness..we see in some horses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.c1450 |
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