officiousness

Variant of officious

officious definition

of·fi·cious (ə fis̸h′əs)

adjective

  1. Obsolete ready to serve; obliging
  2. offering unnecessary and unwanted advice or services; meddlesome, esp. in a highhanded or overbearing way
  3. in diplomacy, unofficial or informal

Etymology: L officiosus < officium, office

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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