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Webster 1828 Edition


Officiousness

OFFI'CIOUSNESS

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Noun.
1.
Eagerness to serve; usually, an excess of zeal to serve others, or improper forwardness, interposing in affairs without being desired, or with a disposition to meddle with the concerns of others.
2.
Service. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


officiousness

officiousness

English

Noun

officiousness (countable and uncountable, plural officiousnesses)

  1. The quality of being officious

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