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Officious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Officious has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

"an interfering old woman"

"bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"

"busy about other people's business"

2

Obliging, attentive, eager to please.

Example Sentences
"an interfering old woman" adjective
"bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself" adjective
"busy about other people's business" adjective
See Also
offensively official interfering officiousness stuffed shirt polypragmatism intrusive busy
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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