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busybodyish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪzibɒdiɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

From busybody + -ish.

Meanings

1. Like a busybody; interfering, meddling.
   • It is not busybodyish changes in the Regulations that we need—half-and-half attempts, say, to do away with territorial designations, and then just as half-and-half restorations of them, and such other meddlesome busybodyish humbug as that. 1905, “Talks with Soldiers”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 299, page 570:

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