Definitions for officious
əˈfɪʃ əsof·fi·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodiedadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. officiousadjective

   obliging, attentive, eager to please

2. officiousadjective

   Offensively intrusive or interfering

3. Etymology: 16th Century, from officiosus, from officium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OFFICIOUSadjective

   Etymology: officieux, Fr. officiosus, Lat.

   1. Kind; doing good offices.

   Yet, not to earth are those bright luminaries
   Officious; but to thee, earth’s habitant. John Milton, P. Lost.

   2. Importunely forward.

   You are too officious
   In her behalf that scorns your services. William Shakespeare.

   At Taunton they killed in fury an officious and eager commissioner for the subsidy. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   Cato, perhaps
   I’m too officious, but my forward cares
   Would fain preserve a life of so much value. Addison.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Officious

   A busybody, do-gooder, meddler, or marplot is someone who meddles in the affairs of others. An early study of the type was made by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in his typology, Characters, "In the proffered services of the busybody there is much of the affectation of kind-heartedness, and little efficient aid."Susanna Centlivre wrote a successful play, The Busie Body, which was first performed in 1709 and has been revived repeatedly since. It is a farce in which Marplot interferes in the romantic affairs of his friends and, despite being well-meaning, frustrates them. The characterisation of Marplot as a busybody whose "chief pleasure is knowing everybody's business" was so popular that he appeared as the title character in a sequel, Marplot. The name is a pun — mar / plot — and passed into the language as an eponym or personification of this type.

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1. officious

   Officious refers to an individual who assertively offers unnecessary and unwanted help or advice or interferes in matters that are not their concern, typically in a way that is regarded as annoying or overbearing. It's often used to describe someone who is excessively eager in offering unwanted services or advice to others.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Officious

   of-fish′us, adj. too forward in offering services: overkind: intermeddling.—adv. Offic′iously.—n. Offic′iousness. [Fr.,—L. officiosus—officium.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officious

   お節介な、差しでがましい　in Japanese.

   
   

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of officious in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of officious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of officious in a Sentence

1. Edward Abbey:

   No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.

2. Edward Abbey:

   No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=officious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Officious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=officious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officious
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=officious