purse

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)s

[edit] Etymology

Middle English purse from Old English purs.

Old English purs is a conflation of Old English burse "pouch, bag" (from Mediaeval Latin bursa) and Old English pusa "wallet, bag, scrip" from Proto-Germanic *pusan (“‘bag, sack, scrip’”). Akin to Old High German pfosa "pouch, purse", Old Norse posi "purse, bag". Cf also Old French borse (French: bourse), Old Saxon burse, Old High German burissa "wallet".

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purse (plural purses)

1. A small bag for carrying money.
2. (US) A small bag used by women for carrying various small personal items.
3. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

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• (small bag used by women for carrying various small personal items): handbag (especially British)
• (quantity of money): bursary, grant

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• pocketbook
• wallet

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[edit] Verb

to purse (third-person singular simple present purses, present participle pursing, simple past and past participle pursed)

1. (transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

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• pucker

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eprsu
• rupes
• sprue
• super