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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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]
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Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries
Officious. --Milton.
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They were tolerably well bred, very officious,
humane, and hospitable. --Burke.
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3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in
affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
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You are too officious
In her behalf that scorns your services. --Shak.
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Syn: Impertinent; meddling. See Impertinent.
[1913 Webster] -- Of*fi"cious*ly, adv. --
Of*fi"cious*ness, n.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Officious \Of*fi"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. --
Of*fi"cious*ly, adv. -- Of*fi"cious*ness, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ 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" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling,
busy, busybodied]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
officious
a.
1 (lb en obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please.
2 offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and
services.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
officious
a.
1 (lb en obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please.
2 offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and
services.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
officious
a.
1 (lb en obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please.
2 offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and
services.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
officious
a.
1 (lb en obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please.
2 offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and
services.
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
فضولي
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
натрапчив, досаден
offensively intrusive or interfering
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
všetečný
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
vlezlý
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
dienstlich, amtlich, reserviert, abweisend
Note: Person, Verhalten
Note: of a person or behaviour
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
halbamtlich, halboffiziell, öffiziös [pol.]
see: officious conversations
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
wichtigtuerisch, übereifrig, geschäftig, gschaftlhuberisch [Süddt.] [Ös.]
Note: Person
Note: of an intrusively enthusiastic person
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
tungetteleva, virkaintoinen
offensively intrusive or interfering
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
nametljiv, neobavezan, pretjerano uslužan
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
1. fontoskodó
2. túlbuzgó
3. túlzottan szolgálatkész
From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
offisiøs
offensively intrusive or interfering
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
officious /əˈfɪʃəs/
nadgorliwy
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
1. fjäskig
eager to please
2. beskäftig
offensively intrusive or interfering
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
officious /əfˈɪʃəs/
1. gereksiz yerde hizmet veya yardım etmek isteyen, her şeye karışan, işgüzar. officiously işgüzarlık ederek.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
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
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 多管闲事的,非官方的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 多管闲事的,非官方的
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