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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pusy en · ADJ

Etymology

From pus + -y.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of pussy (“containing pus; purulent”).
    alt of pussy
    • […] the right kidney, although it also contained a stone and eliminated a pusy urine. 1918, Proceedings, page 69:
    • However, if you develop a pusy spot and you cannot face going out with it, carefully wash your hands, sterilize a pin or a needle in a flame and let it cool down, carefully puncture the skin over the collection of pus, then gently squeeze the ... 1998, Tony Chu, Anne Lovell, The Good Skin Doctor: A Dermatologist's Survival Guide to Acne, HarperThorsons, →ISBN:
    • A. It was a pusy opening. There was pus drainage there. Q. How long was the opening? A. About one quarter inch. 1938, Supreme Court, page 62:
    • The term pus had been used in a somewhat indefinite sense, in such descriptions as "a purulent substance," "a sero-purulent discharge" or "a pusy discharge." The fact was that a serous exudate, such as was found in these acute cases […] 1920, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, page 1058: