† corsy, a. Obs.
Forms: 5 corcy, 5–6 corsy(e, 6 corssy, coarsye, corsey, 6–7 corsie.
[ad. F. corsé, in OF. corsu, having body, corpulent, f. cors body; the ending is assimilated to that of Eng. adjs. in -y.]
Corpulent, big-bodied, stout.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 92 Corcy or corercyows, corpulentus. 1513 Douglas æneis xii. viii. 34 The corsy pasand Osyris [he] hes slane. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 7 Strang of nature, corsie and corageous. 1607 Topsell Serpents (1608) 259 Podagra..went..to the house of a certaine fat, rich, and well-monied man; and quietly laid herselfe down at the feete of this corsie sire. |