Definition of officious Officious
of•fi•cious
We found 8 definitions of officious from 5 different sources.
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What does officious mean?
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| officious - 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" | ||
| interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied | ||
| intrusive tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive" | ||
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- officious (Adjective)
obliging, attentive, eager to please . - officious (Adjective)
Offensively intrusive or interfering.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- officious (a.)
Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. - officious (a.)
Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. - officious (a.)
Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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officious
Offensively intrusive or interfering
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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officious
of-fish′us, adj. too forward in offering services: overkind: intermeddling.—adv. Offic′iously.—n. Offic′iousness. [Fr.,—L. officiosus—officium.]
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