ASTHMA, ASTHMATIC
ADJECTIVES
1425 ► PURSIVE suffering from shortness of breath; asthmatic → obs.
1440 ► PURSY short of breath, wheezy, asthmatic → chiefly Eng. dial.
1834 ► BELLANED afflicted with asthma, esp. as the result of lead-poisoning → Eng. dial.
1864 ► HEAVY asthmatic, short-winded → Amer. dial.
1888 ► TISICAL asthmatic → Eng. dial.
1890 ► TISSICKING asthmatic, wheezy → Eng. dial.
1905 ► NASTIC asthmatic, short-winded → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► NAUKIE asthmatic, short-winded → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► TIZZICKY asthmatic, wheezy → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1533 ► TISICKNESS asthmatic quality → obs.
1816 ► ASTHMATICS asthma → Sc.
1835 ► TIZZICK asthma; a consumption, a shortness of breath; tuberculosis → Amer. dial.
1902 ► HEAZE asthmatic breathing; wheeziness → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► OLD MAN asthma → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1938 ► ASTHMY asthma → Amer. sl.
1942 ► HEAVES asthma → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1898 ► BASK to cough asthmatically → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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