pussivant

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To engage in pointless, annoying or meddlesome activity; to fuss around. archaic,dialectal
    — 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.

词形变化

pussivants present,singular,third-person pussivanting participle,present pussivanted participle,past pussivanted past puzzivant alternative

词源

An alteration of pursuivant.
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