单词 | over-officiousness |
释义 | over-officiousnessn. The quality of being over-officious; (also occasionally) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1610 |
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