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Short-winded   /ʃˈɔrtwˈɪndɪd/   Listen
Short-winded

adjective
1.
Breathing laboriously or convulsively.  Synonyms: blown, pursy, winded.






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"Short-winded" Quotes from Famous Books



... Thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), named sonchus because of its soft spikes instead of prickles, grows commonly as a weed in gardens, and having milky stalks which are reputed good for wheezy and short-winded folk, whilst the milk may be used as a wash for the face. It is named also "turn sole" because always facing the sun, and Hare's Thistle (the hare's panacea, [560] says an old writer, is the Sow Thistle), or Hare's Lettuce because "when fainting with the heat she recruits her ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie



Words linked to "Short-winded" :   dyspneic, dyspnoeic, breathless, dyspneal, dyspnoeal, pursy



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