Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PUSS
PU-SIL-LAN'I-MOUS-NESSPUS'SI-NESS
PUSS, n. [D. poes, puss, a fur tippet, and a kiss; Ir. pus, a cat, and the lip; L. pusa, pusus, from the root of pustule, a pushing out, issue.]
- The fondling name of a cat. – Watts.
- The sportman's name for a hare. Gay.
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