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Definition of Short-winded
1. Adjective. Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
Similar to: Breathless, Dyspneal, Dyspneic, Dyspnoeal, Dyspnoeic
Definition of Short-winded
1. Adjective. out of breath, gasping for air, breathing rapidly; or given to easily becoming so. ¹
2. Adjective. Concise and to the point (opposite of long-winded). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Short-winded
Literary usage of Short-winded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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