单词 | busybodyish |
释义 | busybodyishadj. Resembling or characteristic of a busybody; prying, interfering. 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 1851 Brit. Controversialist 2 195 Curiosity..is busybodyish and chattering. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 607 A rather impudent, busy-bodyish fellow. 1919 E. M. Kelly Why Joan? 224 The very words ‘social service’ had to her a chilling, impersonal, busybodyish sound. 1999 Guardian 9 Oct. (Saturday section) 11/1 This country is..the most offensively busybodyish in the Western world regarding what kinds of images we can look at. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1851 |
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