pussivantv.

Brit.

/ˈpʊsɪvant/, U.S.

/ˈpʊsəˌvænt/

Forms: 1800s– pussivant, 1900s– puzzivant.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pursuivant n.

Etymology: Apparently < a variant of pursuivant n., with assimilatory loss of r . For the likely semantic development compare pursuivant v.Compare also English regional (Wiltshire) pussyvan, puzzivent flurry, temper (late 19th cent.).

English regional (south-western). Now rare.

†1. transitive. To push or pull (a person) unceremoniously; to hustle. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1858 G. Abbott Heirs of Cheveleigh I. ii. 40 Why didn't they mind their 'havings, and not be a pussivanting the young lady up and down the village thic ere way?

2. intransitive. To meddle or fuss; to bustle around in an ineffectual way.Quot. 2006 is from a historical novel set in the 19th cent.

ΚΠ

1882 A. S. Palmer Folk-etymology 273/2 In W. Cornwall a fussing meddlesome person is said to be pussivanting, that is, going about making inquisitions and visitations like a pursuivant.

1890 Speaker 16 Aug. 187/1 Better go in for a five-shillin' prize than pussivant after pence!

1918 O. K. Parr Dartmoor Window Again v. 28 Another word expresses a fussy housewife. ‘Her be puzzivanting round all morning.’

1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 5 It would amuse him to think of his neighbour always ‘puzzivantin'’ over some ‘improvement’ or other.

2006 C. Collard Footpaths on Sea (e-book, accessed 16 July 2019) xvii. 172 Ah, stop your pussivanting round me, g'eat silly boy!..as George hovered over her.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pussivant
释义	pussivantv. Brit. /ˈpʊsɪvant/, U.S. /ˈpʊsəˌvænt/ Forms: 1800s– pussivant, 1900s– puzzivant. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pursuivant n. Etymology: Apparently < a variant of pursuivant n., with assimilatory loss of r . For the likely semantic development compare pursuivant v.Compare also English regional (Wiltshire) pussyvan, puzzivent flurry, temper (late 19th cent.). English regional (south-western). Now rare. †1. transitive. To push or pull (a person) unceremoniously; to hustle. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1858 G. Abbott Heirs of Cheveleigh I. ii. 40 Why didn't they mind their 'havings, and not be a pussivanting the young lady up and down the village thic ere way? 2. intransitive. To meddle or fuss; to bustle around in an ineffectual way.Quot. 2006 is from a historical novel set in the 19th cent. ΚΠ 1882 A. S. Palmer Folk-etymology 273/2 In W. Cornwall a fussing meddlesome person is said to be pussivanting, that is, going about making inquisitions and visitations like a pursuivant. 1890 Speaker 16 Aug. 187/1 Better go in for a five-shillin' prize than pussivant after pence! 1918 O. K. Parr Dartmoor Window Again v. 28 Another word expresses a fussy housewife. ‘Her be puzzivanting round all morning.’ 1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 5 It would amuse him to think of his neighbour always ‘puzzivantin'’ over some ‘improvement’ or other. 2006 C. Collard Footpaths on Sea (e-book, accessed 16 July 2019) xvii. 172 Ah, stop your pussivanting round me, g'eat silly boy!..as George hovered over her. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1858
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