busybody en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From busy + body.
Meanings
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Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
Se that none of you ſuffre as a murtherer / or as a thefe / or an evyll doar / or as a buſybody in wother mens matters.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 1 Peter iiij:[15], folio ccxc, verso:But I couldn’t—and I can’t tell you, either, what it’s meant to me these two years to believe you were going to marry him, and be told every week by some busybody that your engagement was on the point of being announced.
1915, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Love Takes Up the Glass of Time”, in Anne of the Island, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, →OCLC, page 325:Candidly speaking, I thought her a little busy-body; but her father, blind like other parents, seemed perfectly content to let her wait on him, and even wonderfully soothed by her offices.
1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Paulina”, in Villette. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 22:
- A device consisting of three mirrors that, when attached to the wall of a house, allows an occupant to see who is at the front door without a direct line of sight.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| busy body | alternative | lexicographic | |
| busybodies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
busybodyness · busybodying · busybodyish · busybodyism
Relateds
Synonyms
nosy parker (one who interferes or is nosy or intrusive) · marplot (one who interferes or is nosy or intrusive) · meddler (one who interferes or is nosy or intrusive) · kibitzer (one who interferes or is nosy or intrusive)
Translations (70)
de Wichtigtuer (someone who interferes with others) · grc φιλοπρᾱ́γμων (someone who interferes with others) · af bemoeial (someone who interferes with others) · es metichi (someone who interferes with others) · de Kiebitz (someone who interferes with others) · io afanono (someone who interferes with others) · pt abelhudo (someone who interferes with others) · ru хлопоту́нья (someone who interferes with others) · ru ку́мушка (someone who interferes with others) · it intrigante (someone who interferes with others) · ar فُضُولِيّ (someone who interferes with others) · it intrallazzone (someone who interferes with others) · it ficcanaso (someone who interferes with others) · cmn 愛管閒事的人 /爱管闲事的人 (someone who interferes with others) · fi nuuskija (someone who interferes with others) · es metomentodo (someone who interferes with others) · fr fouineur (someone who interferes with others) · grc πολυπρᾱ́γμων (someone who interferes with others) · es llevaitrae (someone who interferes with others) · fr fouine (someone who interferes with others) · bg любопитко (someone who interferes with others) · de Schnüffler (someone who interferes with others) · it armeggione (someone who interferes with others) · mi ihu kurī (someone who interferes with others) · ca fresseta (someone who interferes with others) · pt metediço (someone who interferes with others) · it faccendiere (someone who interferes with others) · es entrépito (someone who interferes with others) · ru назо́йливый челове́к (someone who interferes with others) · de Wichtigtuerin (someone who interferes with others) · af bemoeisieke (someone who interferes with others) · mi whawhewhawhe (someone who interferes with others) · nrf tout-s'mêle (someone who interferes with others) · es metijón (someone who interferes with others) · es meticón (someone who interferes with others) · gd gobaire (someone who interferes with others) · ga gliúcálaí (someone who interferes with others) · mk ду́шкало (someone who interferes with others) · nl bemoeial (someone who interferes with others) · ru проны́ра (someone who interferes with others) · pl plotkarz (someone who interferes with others) · pl plotkara (someone who interferes with others) · es meterete (someone who interferes with others) · es metiches (someone who interferes with others) · es entremetido (someone who interferes with others) · fr touche-à-tout (someone who interferes with others) · hu minden lében kanál (someone who interferes with others) · fr mêle-tout (someone who interferes with others) · ga duine déanfasach (someone who interferes with others) · th เจ้ากี้เจ้าการ (someone who interferes with others) · it factotum (someone who interferes with others) · es metiche (someone who interferes with others) · la ardeliō (someone who interferes with others) · pl intrygant (someone who interferes with others) · pl intrygantka (someone who interferes with others) · pt intrometido (someone who interferes with others) · es entrometido (someone who interferes with others) · bg на всяка манджа мерудия (someone who interferes with others) · fi kyylä (someone who interferes with others) · cs všetečka (someone who interferes with others) · ru хлопоту́н (someone who interferes with others) · el φιλοπράγμων (someone who interferes with others) · es intruso (someone who interferes with others) · cmn 好事者 (someone who interferes with others) · nb geskjeftig person (someone who interferes with others) · nan-hbl 家婆 (someone who interferes with others) · ga socadán (someone who interferes with others) · hu kotnyeles (someone who interferes with others) · id Kepo (someone who interferes with others) · ca manifasser (someone who interferes with others)