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Officious

Officious Meaning & Definition
Officious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Officious?

[adj] intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Officious: busy | busybodied | interfering | intrusive | meddlesome | meddling

Related Terms | Find terms related to Officious: aggressive | bold | busy | busybody | demanding | dictatorial | forward | impertinent | importunate | inquisitive | insistent | interfering | intruding | intrusive | meddlesome | meddling | nosy | obtrusive | persistent | presumptuous | prying | pushing | pushy | self-appointed | snoopy

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Officious In Webster's Dictionary

\Of*fi"cious\, a. [L. officiosus: cf.F. officieux. See {Office}.] 1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.] If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than as officious and venial one. --Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version). 2. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic] Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious. --Milton. They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. --Burke. 3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome. You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services. --Shak. Syn: Impertinent; meddling. See {Impertinent}. -- {Of*fi"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Of*fi"cious*ness}, n.

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