officious
of·fi·cious
adjective \ə-ˈfi-shəs\Definition of OFFICIOUS
2
: volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
Examples of OFFICIOUS
- <an officious little man who was always telling everyone else how to do their jobs>
Origin of OFFICIOUS
Latin officiosus, from officium service, office
First Known Use: 1565
Related to OFFICIOUS
- Synonyms
- busy, interfering, intruding, meddlesome, meddling, nosy (or nosey), obtrusive, intrusive, presuming, presumptuous, protrusive, prying, pushing, pushy, snoopy
- Antonyms
- unobtrusive
See Synonym Discussion at impertinent
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