Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of a busybody; meddlesome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective intruding unasked into the affairs of others.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
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Examples
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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" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied] posted by redbarren at 4: 40 PM
Archive 2005-12-01 Ben Barren 2005
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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" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied] posted by redbarren at 4: 40 PM
Yahool.icio.us becomes Off.icio.us Ben Barren 2005
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This is not to say that Madame X's "provocative sexual power" and "supernatural ability" are purely the invention of Five Spice Street's busybodied denizens.
unknown title 2009
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This is not to say that Madame X's "provocative sexual power" and "supernatural ability" are purely the invention of Five Spice Street's busybodied denizens.
unknown title 2009
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As you might expect, she expressed the typical busybodied leftist view that the Church needs to adopt pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage views in order to stay relevant:
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T sumptuously stock nasdaq on the busybodied liability the antigone sphacele, upstairs the voicer upscale conspicuously grandmother of the syracuse of the trolling.
Rational Review 2009
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