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Webster 1913 Edition


Meddling

Med′dling

,
Adj.
Meddlesome.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Meddling

MED'DLING

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ppr.
Having to do; touching; handling; officiously interposing in other men's concerns.
1.
a. Officious; busy in other men's affairs; as a meddling neighbor.

Definition 2024


meddling

meddling

English

Adjective

meddling

  1. That meddles.

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Noun

meddling (plural meddlings)

  1. Action of the verb meddle.
    • 1835, William Osburn, Doctrinal Errors of the Apostolical and Early Fathers (page 30)
      It had been well, if these dishonest meddlings with existing books had stopped here.

Verb

meddling

  1. present participle of meddle