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officious a. 多管閑事的,非官方的 多管閑事的,非官方的 officious adj 1: 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: { interfering}, { meddlesome}, { meddling}, { officious}, { busy}, { busybodied}] Officious \ Of* fi" cious\, a. [ L. officiosus: cf. F. officieux. See { Office}.] 1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than an officious and venial one. -- Note on Gen. xxvii. ( Douay version). [ 1913 Webster] 2. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome. [ 1913 Webster] You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Impertinent; meddling. See { Impertinent}. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Of* fi" cious* ly}, adv. -- { Of* fi" cious* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 25 Moby Thesaurus words for " 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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