"pussyfooted" meaning in All languages combined

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more pussyfooted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most pussyfooted",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991 December 1, Rudy Grillo, “Who's The Top?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20, page 8:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Overly circumspect or euphemistic."
      ],
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        [
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        [
          "euphemistic",
          "euphemistic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pussyfooted"
}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "pussyfoot"
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        "simple past and past participle of pussyfoot"
      ],
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        [
          "pussyfoot",
          "pussyfoot#English"
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        "participle",
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    }
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  "word": "pussyfooted"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more pussyfooted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most pussyfooted",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "pussyfooted (comparative more pussyfooted, superlative most pussyfooted)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991 December 1, Rudy Grillo, “Who's The Top?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20, page 8:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Overly circumspect or euphemistic."
      ],
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        [
          "circumspect",
          "circumspect"
        ],
        [
          "euphemistic",
          "euphemistic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pussyfooted"
}

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    "English verb forms",
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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          "word": "pussyfoot"
        }
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        "simple past and past participle of pussyfoot"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "pussyfoot#English"
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