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51meddlesome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. officious, obtrusive, interfering. See between, curiosity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. intrusive, prying, obtrusive, interfering, officious, meddling, impertinent, interposing, interrupting,… …
52official — official, officious The main meanings of official are ‘in the nature of an office’ (Their official duties) and ‘authorized or confirmed by someone in authority’ (The official attendance was over 10,000). By contrast, officious is a judgemental… …
53impertinent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin impertinent , impertinens, from Latin in + pertinent , pertinens, present participle of pertinēre to pertain Date: 14th century 1. not pertinent ; irrelevant 2. a. not… …
54Contract — law …
55busybodied — adjective 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 • Syn: ↑interfering, ↑meddlesome, ↑meddling, ↑officious, ↑ …
56interfering — adjective intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner (Freq. 1) an interfering old woman bustling about self importantly making an officious nuisance of himself busy about other people s business • Syn: ↑meddlesome, ↑meddling, ↑officious, ↑ …
57meddling — I noun the act of altering something secretly or improperly (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tampering • Derivationally related forms: ↑tamper (for: ↑tampering), ↑meddle …
58Inofficious — In of*fi cious, a. [L. inofficiosus: cf. F. inofficieux. See {In } not, and {Officious}.] 1. Indifferent to obligation or duty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thou drown st thyself in inofficious sleep. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. Not officious; not… …
59Stock character — A stock character is one which relies heavily on cultural types or names for his or her personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics. In their most general form, stock characters are related to literary archetypes, but they are often… …
60Great Expectations — This article is about the Charles Dickens novel. For other uses, see Great Expectations (disambiguation). Great Expectations   …
