OFFICIOUS
\əfˈɪʃəs], \əfˈɪʃəs], \ə_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of OFFICIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
By Oddity Software
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Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Officiously.
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Too forward in offering services: overkind: intermeddling.
By Daniel Lyons
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Officiously.
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Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.
By James Champlin Fernald
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