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unpursed en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + pursed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not pursed.
   • Obviously, verbal praise or encouragement should not be given without appropriate inflection of the voice and related facial expressions, and yet how often we hear these encouraging cliches fall from unpursed lips in an expressionless face. 1975, George Daniel Spache, Good reading for the disadvantaged reader: multi-ethnic resources, page 14:

unpursed en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + pursed.

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of unpurse
   form of unpurse