NON-COMMITTAL
ADJECTIVES
► PUSSYFOOT characterized by excessive caution or hesitation; non-committal, evasive → 1899
► PUSSY-FOOTED light-footed; also, excessively cautious or hesitant; non-committal, evasive → 1893
► PUSSYFOOTING evasive, non-committal; excessively cautious or hesitant → 1926
NOUNS
► PUSSYFOOTISM excessive caution or hesitation; evasiveness; lack of commitment or resolve → 1916
NOUNS – PERSON
► PUSSYFOOTER a person who acts evasively, non-committally, or in an excessively cautious or hesitant manner → 1913
VERBS
► PUSSYFOOT to speak or act with excessive caution; to behave in a hesitant, non-committal, or evasive manner → 1910