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pussivanting

pussivanting is the present participle and gerund 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 pussivanting

What is pussivanting the present participle and gerund of?
Pussivanting is the present participle and gerund of pussivant.

Words near pussivanting in the dictionary

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

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