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Etymology

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From pus +‎ -y.

Adjective

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pusy (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of pussy (containing pus; purulent)
    • 1918, Proceedings, page 69:
      [] the right kidney, although it also contained a stone and eliminated a pusy urine.
    • 1920, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, page 1058:
      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  []
    • 1938, Supreme Court, page 62:
      A. It was a pusy opening. There was pus drainage there. Q. How long was the opening? A. About one quarter inch.
    • 1998, Tony Chu, Anne Lovell, The Good Skin Doctor: A Dermatologist's Survival Guide to Acne, HarperThorsons, →ISBN:
      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 ...

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Noun

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pusy f

  1. inflection of pusa:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural