noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The behaviour of a busybody; interference, meddlesomeness. uncountable

   "Nowhere is this admonition against busybodying more important to be remembered than in the Church."

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"Nowhere is this admonition against busybodying more important to be remembered than in the Church."

Etymology

From busybody + -ing.

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