nebby
/ˈnɛbi
/adjective Scottish & Northern English
Overly inquisitive; nosy: the occasional nebby passerby has poked in to observe...
- That nebby mayor is in deep trouble, isn't he?
- I'm going to be sure to arrange that he accompany me to my first medical appointment to ensure that the nebby doctor toes the line.
- I am feeling really nebby today.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from neb + -y1.
- pass muster
- pass off
- passometer
- pass on
- pass one's eye over
- pass one's lips
- pass (on) the baton
- Passos, John Dos
- pass out
- pass over
- Passover
- passoverish
- pass-pawn
- pass percentage
- passphrase
- pass play
- passport
- passport control
- passported
- passportless
- passport letter
- passport photo
- passport photograph
- pass protection
- pass raid