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variants:
or nosey
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1
interested in what is not one's own business
- nosy in-laws asking about our finances
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2
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited
- a nosy coworker sat down right next to us as we were having an unmistakably private conversation
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“Nosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosy. Accessed 17 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of nosy was in 1828
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