单词 | officiosity |
释义 | † officiosityn. Obsolete. rare. The quality of being officious; attentiveness, dutifulness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > considerateness metheOE consideration1415 officiosity1565 officiousness1596 considerateness1748 thoughtfulness1813 accommodativeness1834 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. v. iv. f. 157 She..ceasyd not to vse such courteous officiosytye [L. ministerium], all the dynner time. c1667 G. Blackhall Breiffe Narration (1844) 110 To be delivered from the complimentious civilitie, shall I call it, or rather officiositye of the captain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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