busybodyn.

Brit.

/ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdi/, U.S.

/ˈbɪziˌbɑdi/

Forms: see busy adj. and body n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: busy adj., body n.

Etymology: < busy adj. + body n.

1. An officious, interfering, meddling, or prying person; one who involves himself or herself in other people's affairs without invitation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody

busybody1526

busyhead1555

stiffler1566

Jack-stickler1579

pragmatical1593

polypragmon1596

polypragmonist1609

polypragmist1613

factotum1618

ardelio1624

polypragmatist1631

pragmatic1634

polypragmatic1636

pragmatist1640

stickler1702

gad1756

pantopragmatic1860

butterinsky1902

eager beaver1942

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Pet. iv. 15 Se that none of you suffre..as a busybody in other mens matters [Gk. ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος].

a1552 A. Barclay Eclogues (1928) iii. 135 What thinke comtrollers when..some busy body hauing but small insight comptroll their countes?

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. Aij^v Vaine pratling busie bodies.

a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 136 An example to all busie-bodyes, that will dare..to quacke against their betters.

1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 40 The Jesuites, who are the great Polypragmons, or Busie-bodies.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 356 A busiebody burns his own fingers.

1786 Elfrida II. 144 Hannah..is a busybody, and talks about things she neither knows nor understands.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. xi. 288 The most energetic men in Europe are mere busybodies.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 48 The habit of being a busybody and of doing another man's business.

1925 Amer. Mercury May 6/2 Good-hearted busybodies, themselves living in sumptuous homes, concluded that all ‘alley-houses’ most be torn down.

1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 27 He was always a bit of an old woman. A bit of a busybody really.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) 5 June 26/6 Some interfering..busybody of a woman at the bus stop tries to help her.

2. U.S. A mirror or mirrors set at the side of a building and so angled as to reflect a view of the street to people inside. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > other mirrors

perspective glass1570

side mirror1769

index-glass1773

Claude Lorraine glass1792

anamorphoscopea1884

magnetic mirror1884

ox-eye1890

busybody1892

rear mirror1896

triple mirror1907

three-way mirror1964

two-way mirror1967

1892 Outing Mar. 487/1 Only a ‘tell-tale mirror’—otherwise ‘a busybody’—set at a tantalizing angle outside the window.

1915 Salt Lake Tribune 28 Feb. 56 We could both see in the busybody mirror a group of excited passersby bending over a man.

1942 C. Morley Thorofare xxxv. 159 One of those telltale mirrors called ‘busybodies’ projecting from a three-sided bay upstairs.

1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 55 Outside, at the second-floor window over the door at 931, look for a ‘busybody,’ an arrangement of three angled mirrors.

Derivatives

ˈbusyˌbodied adj. that is a busybody; of the nature of a busybody (cf. later busybody v.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > officious

busy1340

pragmatical1593

officious1596

polypragmatical1597

superfluous1598

pragmaticc1612

superserviceablea1616

polypragmatic1616

stickling1642

over-officious1647

polypragmonetic1693

managinga1715

busybodied1798

busybodyish1851

pantopragmatic1860

polypragmonic1866

polypragmosynic1886

1602 W. Burton Anat. Belial in 10 Serm. 219 Of contentious and busie bodied women the Apostle speaketh thus: Being idle, they learne to go about from house to house..speaking things that are not comely.

1798 J. Woodforde Diary 19 Feb. (1931) V. 100 A more officious, busy-bodied, Woman in all Cases relating to other People's Concerns I know not.

1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 91 The busy-bodied, brainless Knight.

1997 H. W. Brands T. R. 368 He had been a busybodied bureaucrat..making bellicose noises to all who would listen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

busybodyv.

Brit.

/ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdi/, U.S.

/ˈbɪziˌbɑdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: busybody n.

Etymology: < busybody n. Compare earlier busybodying n., busybodying adj., busybodied adj. at busybody n. Derivatives.

1. intransitive. To be or behave like a busybody; to interfere, meddle, pry. Also with about.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > be officious or exceed one's duties > be a busybody

busybody1874

1874 Quiver 9 472 I too have busybodied sometimes as well as you.

1908 Independent 20 Feb. 401 He had been busybodying about the deck as eager as a hound with two tails.

1939 A. Thirkell Brandons xi. 306 Lady Norton is always busybodying about her nieces.

1966 ‘M. Innes’ Bloody Wood i. vii. 58 ‘Did I see you trying to get some sense out of Diana Page?’.. ‘I did have a slight impulse to busybody.’

2010 Adam Smith Inst. (Nexis) 7 June The GTCE has... patronised these professionals and busybodied without aiding educational output.

2. transitive (reflexive). To occupy oneself in an officious or interfering manner.

ΚΠ

1875 Academy 7 652 He once counted in the Vere Street Chapel ‘thirteen people asleep’ on a summer morning, when Maurice was preaching. Mr. Arnold might as well have made the fourteenth, as have busy-bodied himself to record the fact.

1923 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. iv. 14/1 Loftus was agin' everybody and everything that was in, and busy-bodied himself about their affairs, as is the way with agitators.

1993 Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune (Nexis) 27 Jan. 12 a When the religious right took control and busybodied itself..calling for a ban on abortion.

2011 J. Holl & N. Schweber Indiana Breweries 6 Prohibitionists busybodied themselves at local levels and passed town laws banning taverns.

3. transitive. To meddle in, concern oneself with (someone or something) in an officious or interfering manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > intervene between [verb (transitive)] > act the busybody in

busybody1920

1920 G. Bell Let. 29 Nov. (1927) II. xix. 576 All the busybodies come in to say what they're busybodying and have to be listened to.

1978 Washington Post 16 Jan. a20 Some critics..have expressed anxiety that the federal government will..once again be..busybodying people's lives.

2010 Daily Tel. 3 June 7/7 The Education Secretary..said the Government wanted to trust teachers—not ‘busybody and patronise them’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	busybody
释义	busybodyn. Brit. /ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdi/, U.S. /ˈbɪziˌbɑdi/ Forms: see busy adj. and body n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: busy adj., body n. Etymology: < busy adj. + body n. 1. An officious, interfering, meddling, or prying person; one who involves himself or herself in other people's affairs without invitation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody busybody1526 busyhead1555 stiffler1566 Jack-stickler1579 pragmatical1593 polypragmon1596 polypragmonist1609 polypragmist1613 factotum1618 ardelio1624 polypragmatist1631 pragmatic1634 polypragmatic1636 pragmatist1640 stickler1702 gad1756 pantopragmatic1860 butterinsky1902 eager beaver1942 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Pet. iv. 15 Se that none of you suffre..as a busybody in other mens matters [Gk. ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος]. a1552 A. Barclay Eclogues (1928) iii. 135 What thinke comtrollers when..some busy body hauing but small insight comptroll their countes? 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. Aij^v Vaine pratling busie bodies. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 136 An example to all busie-bodyes, that will dare..to quacke against their betters. 1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 40 The Jesuites, who are the great Polypragmons, or Busie-bodies. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 356 A busiebody burns his own fingers. 1786 Elfrida II. 144 Hannah..is a busybody, and talks about things she neither knows nor understands. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. xi. 288 The most energetic men in Europe are mere busybodies. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 48 The habit of being a busybody and of doing another man's business. 1925 Amer. Mercury May 6/2 Good-hearted busybodies, themselves living in sumptuous homes, concluded that all ‘alley-houses’ most be torn down. 1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 27 He was always a bit of an old woman. A bit of a busybody really. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) 5 June 26/6 Some interfering..busybody of a woman at the bus stop tries to help her. 2. U.S. A mirror or mirrors set at the side of a building and so angled as to reflect a view of the street to people inside. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > other mirrors perspective glass1570 side mirror1769 index-glass1773 Claude Lorraine glass1792 anamorphoscopea1884 magnetic mirror1884 ox-eye1890 busybody1892 rear mirror1896 triple mirror1907 three-way mirror1964 two-way mirror1967 1892 Outing Mar. 487/1 Only a ‘tell-tale mirror’—otherwise ‘a busybody’—set at a tantalizing angle outside the window. 1915 Salt Lake Tribune 28 Feb. 56 We could both see in the busybody mirror a group of excited passersby bending over a man. 1942 C. Morley Thorofare xxxv. 159 One of those telltale mirrors called ‘busybodies’ projecting from a three-sided bay upstairs. 1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 55 Outside, at the second-floor window over the door at 931, look for a ‘busybody,’ an arrangement of three angled mirrors. Derivatives ˈbusyˌbodied adj. that is a busybody; of the nature of a busybody (cf. later busybody v.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > officious busy1340 pragmatical1593 officious1596 polypragmatical1597 superfluous1598 pragmaticc1612 superserviceablea1616 polypragmatic1616 stickling1642 over-officious1647 polypragmonetic1693 managinga1715 busybodied1798 busybodyish1851 pantopragmatic1860 polypragmonic1866 polypragmosynic1886 1602 W. Burton Anat. Belial in 10 Serm. 219 Of contentious and busie bodied women the Apostle speaketh thus: Being idle, they learne to go about from house to house..speaking things that are not comely. 1798 J. Woodforde Diary 19 Feb. (1931) V. 100 A more officious, busy-bodied, Woman in all Cases relating to other People's Concerns I know not. 1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 91 The busy-bodied, brainless Knight. 1997 H. W. Brands T. R. 368 He had been a busybodied bureaucrat..making bellicose noises to all who would listen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). busybodyv. Brit. /ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdi/, U.S. /ˈbɪziˌbɑdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: busybody n. Etymology: < busybody n. Compare earlier busybodying n., busybodying adj., busybodied adj. at busybody n. Derivatives. 1. intransitive. To be or behave like a busybody; to interfere, meddle, pry. Also with about. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > be officious or exceed one's duties > be a busybody busybody1874 1874 Quiver 9 472 I too have busybodied sometimes as well as you. 1908 Independent 20 Feb. 401 He had been busybodying about the deck as eager as a hound with two tails. 1939 A. Thirkell Brandons xi. 306 Lady Norton is always busybodying about her nieces. 1966 ‘M. Innes’ Bloody Wood i. vii. 58 ‘Did I see you trying to get some sense out of Diana Page?’.. ‘I did have a slight impulse to busybody.’ 2010 Adam Smith Inst. (Nexis) 7 June The GTCE has... patronised these professionals and busybodied without aiding educational output. 2. transitive (reflexive). To occupy oneself in an officious or interfering manner. ΚΠ 1875 Academy 7 652 He once counted in the Vere Street Chapel ‘thirteen people asleep’ on a summer morning, when Maurice was preaching. Mr. Arnold might as well have made the fourteenth, as have busy-bodied himself to record the fact. 1923 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. iv. 14/1 Loftus was agin' everybody and everything that was in, and busy-bodied himself about their affairs, as is the way with agitators. 1993 Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune (Nexis) 27 Jan. 12 a When the religious right took control and busybodied itself..calling for a ban on abortion. 2011 J. Holl & N. Schweber Indiana Breweries 6 Prohibitionists busybodied themselves at local levels and passed town laws banning taverns. 3. transitive. To meddle in, concern oneself with (someone or something) in an officious or interfering manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > intervene between [verb (transitive)] > act the busybody in busybody1920 1920 G. Bell Let. 29 Nov. (1927) II. xix. 576 All the busybodies come in to say what they're busybodying and have to be listened to. 1978 Washington Post 16 Jan. a20 Some critics..have expressed anxiety that the federal government will..once again be..busybodying people's lives. 2010 Daily Tel. 3 June 7/7 The Education Secretary..said the Government wanted to trust teachers—not ‘busybody and patronise them’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1526v.1874
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