Polypragmosyne

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Meddlesomeness, officiousness. rare, uncountable

    "The Polypragmosine is pedantic enough, but something like true too; A Spirit of restless Enterprize with a Greek Name."

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"The Polypragmosine is pedantic enough, but something like true too; A Spirit of restless Enterprize with a Greek Name."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολυπραγμοσύνη (polupragmosúnē, “meddlesomeness”), from πολυπράγμων (poluprágmōn, “meddlesome”) (from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “act”)) + -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”). See poly-, pragmatic.

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