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pussivanted

pussivanted is the simple past and past participle of pussivant.

Meaning of pussivant

Verb

pussivant (third-person singular simple present pussivants, present participle pussivanting, simple past and past participle pussivanted)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) To engage in pointless, annoying or meddlesome activity; to fuss around.
    • The weather was fine, and the hay was in. It was one of those intervals between harvests which he was wont to take easy, and it would amuse him to think of his neighbour always ‘puzzivantin’’ over some ‘improvement’ or other.1923, John Galsworthy, Captures, London: William Heinemann Ltd., page 4

Questions about pussivanted

What is pussivanted the simple past and past participle of?
Pussivanted is the simple past and past participle of pussivant.

Words near pussivanted in the dictionary

  1. pussify
  2. pussifying
  3. pussing
  4. pussing out
  5. pussivant
  6. pussivanted
  7. pussivanting
  8. pussivants
  9. pussley
  10. pusslike
  11. pussly

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