pusy

English

Etymology

From pus +‎ -y.

Adjective

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 ...

Anagrams

• YUPs, puys, upsy, yups

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpusɪ]

Noun

pusy f

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