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Officious

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Obliging, attentive, eager to please. obsolete

    "Elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention!"

  2. 2
    Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.

    "The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome."

Adjective
  1. 1
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner wordnet

Etymology

15th century, from Middle English offycyous, from Latin officiōsus (“kindly”), from officium (“service”).

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