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English Dictionary: officious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for officious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Officious \Offi"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}. -- {Offi"ciously}, adv. -- {Offi"ciousness}, n.