Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

poussif

English translation:

wheezy

Added to glossary by Esdena
Jan 9, 2006 16:35
18 yrs ago
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French term

poussif

French to English Art/Literary Linguistics expression
C'était, bien avant l'âge, un veillard poussif,

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wheezy

A wheezy old man...

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Sheila


poussif poussive / pusif, iv / adjectif

1 [personne, véhicule] wheezy; [cheval] broken-winded;

2 [allure] labouringD; une vieille voiture à l'allure poussive an old car that wheezes along;

3 [récit] labouredD.


Literature.org - The Online Literature Library
But the wheezy old Station-Master happened to be close behind me: he wasn't good
for much, poor old man, but he was good for this; and, before I could turn ...
www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/sylvie-and-bruno/c... - 24k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants

Midnight Butterfly - by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd
As she prepared to mount him he remembered what the wheezy old man had said.
Put a drop on her pussy and she'll go wild. He found the vial in his pant's ...
www.joanelloyd.com/jlmb.htm - 17k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants


The change makers
As for the fifty-four year old lady who has exchanged his wheezy old man for a
young Adonis, she would, right before the gaze of the public, grow old ...
www.nigerdeltacongress.com/carticles/change_makers.htm - 14k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
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agree chaplin
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think this answer was the most helpful because of the references... Thanks everyone"
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out of breath

I'm sure I've come across this term referring to horses and I believe it means out of breath or breathless...

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Note added at 3 mins (2006-01-09 16:39:39 GMT)
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Maybe "wheezy" is more suitable to describe an old man!
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wheezy, short-winded

Ref. Robert & Collins
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short of breath

:-)
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worn-out

tired-out old man

"poussif" is often used in a more figurative sense

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for something that is slow, lacking in vitality...
Peer comment(s):

agree Emérentienne : oui, c'est l'idée ici
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Thanks Cecile :-)
agree df49f (X)
57 mins
thanks df :-)
agree NancyLynn
7 hrs
thanks Nancy :-)
agree Allan Jeffs : Yes Sue
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thanks Allan :-)
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