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单词 over-officiousness
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over-officiousnessn.

Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)rəˈfɪʃəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərəˈfɪʃəsnəs/
Forms: see over- prefix and officiousness n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, officiousness n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + officiousness n. Compare over-officious adj.
The quality of being over-officious; (also occasionally) an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness
businessa1466
busyty?1530
stickling1589
polypragmony1602
polypragmosyne1607
over-officiousnessa1610
officiousness1613
pragmaticalness1626
busybodyness1642
busybodying1824
busybodyism1828
pantopragmatics1860
superserviceableness1869
polypragmatism1890
a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 51 Impertinent dilligence, or over-officiousnesse.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 103 The over-Officiousnesse of a pragmaticall Abbot.
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 70 To fortify him in an Errour by an Over-officiousness.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 177 A person who, by over-officiousness, retards instead of assists.
1886 F. F. Cooper Hard Times iii. vi. 21 I hate and detest over officiousness.
1939 Times 28 Sept. 6/2 Its efforts..are being obstructed by the over-officiousness of local authorities.
1995 BNC (BNC) By two minutes to three the match had already been condemned to a dull spectacle, mined by zealous over-officiousness and amazing decisions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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