pussyfooted

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adjective

Overly circumspect or euphemistic.

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Meanings

adjectivepussyfooted (comparative more pussyfooted, superlative most pussyfooted)

comparative more pussyfooted · superlative most pussyfooted

  1. Overly circumspect or euphemistic.
    1 more example

    At that point, I couldn't help wondering how many ignorant, homophobic and outing-phobic viewers recoiled in horror. But relief was on the way in the form of the pussyfooted Alexis Smith. While referring to [Cole] Porter's 1946 film (alleged) biography, Night and Day, she mentions there were "certain aspects of the story which at that time they could not do." Was "certain aspects" a euphemism for gay? Smith's misplaced politeness here is truly retrograde.

    1991 December 1, Rudy Grillo, “Who's The Top?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20, page 8
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of pussyfoot
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APA

pussyfooted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pussyfooted

MLA

“pussyfooted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pussyfooted. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pussyfooted,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pussyfooted.

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