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ˈover-oˈfficious, a.
[over- 28.]
Too officious. So ˈover-oˈfficiousness.
a1610Healey Theophrastus (1636) 51 Impertinent dilligence, or over-officiousnesse. 1647H. More Song of Soul To Rdr. 7/2 Some sportfull or over officious spirit. 1703Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1709) 75 To fortify him in an Errour by an Over-officiousness. 1842Syd. Smith Locking in on Railw. Wks. 1859 II. 322/2 Nothing..can be more utterly silly..than this over-officious care of the public. |