Definition of officious

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Officious (a.) Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty..

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Officious :: Officious (a.) Disposed to serve; kind; obliging.
Talebearer :: Talebearer (n.) One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief..
Busy :: Busy (a.) Officious; meddling; foolish active.
Over-busy :: Over-busy (a.) Too busy; officious.
Intermeddle :: Intermeddle (v. i.) To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with.
Pickthank :: Pickthank (n.) One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively..
Officious :: Officious (a.) Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
Inofficious :: Inofficious (a.) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance..
Inofficious :: Inofficious (a.) Indifferent to obligation or duty.
Pleaseman :: Pleaseman (n.) An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.
Nose :: Nose (v. i.) To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
Meddlesome :: Meddlesome (a.) Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.
Taleteller :: Taleteller (n.) One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler..
Pragmatical :: Pragmatical (a.) Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome..
Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty..
Busybody :: Busybody (n.) One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person.
Meddler :: Meddler (n.) One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.
Supersession :: Superserviceable (a.) Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired.
Pushing :: Pushing (a.) Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive..
Officious :: Officious (a.) Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty..
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