overofficious

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ officious.

Adjective

overofficious (comparative more overofficious, superlative most overofficious)

  1. Excessively officious or inclined to meddle.
    • 1697, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects:
      over-officious Truth

References

overofficious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.