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Meaning of 'officious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Officious [ a.]
- Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty.
- Disposed to serve; kind; obliging.
- Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.

Meaning of 'officious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . officious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Example in sentence:
  • an interfering old woman;
  • bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself;
  • busy about other people's business

Nearby Words:

off offal offcut offence offend offendant offended offender offending offendress

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