单词 | busybodying |
释义 | busybodyingn. Acting as or like a busybody. 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 1824 Theol. Reasoner 387 Shun tale bearing, or busybodying. 1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 427 The whole system of busy-bodying and scandal-mongering. 1997 J. P. Walsh Serpentine Cave (1998) 40 They..felt as though they had been caught red-handed in some unpardonable act of busybodying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). busybodyingadj. That busybodies, or acts as a busybody. ΚΠ 1840 N. S. S. Beman Gospel adapted to Wants of World 34 The..absurdities of poor presumptuous, busy-bodying, and degraded human nature. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vi. 160 A fussy, busy-bodying old woman. 1910 Smart Set Oct. 92 She would probably think him a busybodying old fool. 1995 P. M. Jones Reform & Revol. France i. 45 Blaming the decline of conciliar government upon the busybodying officials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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