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Definition of Short-winded

1. Adjective. Breathing laboriously or convulsively.

Medical Definition of Short-winded

1. Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Short-winded

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Literary usage of Short-winded

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1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... broken wind, choke-damp in mines ; poussif, short-winded. It. pul- sivo, panting, also pursy, short or broken- winded ; pulsare, to pant, to beat. ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"Hence Fr. pousse (in horses), broken wind, choke-damp in mines ; poussif, short-winded. It. pul- sivo, panting, also pursy, short or broken- winded ..."

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