2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Officious \Of*fi"cious\, a. [L. officiosus: cf.F. officieux See
{Office}.]
1. Pertaining to or being in accordance with duty. [R.]
If there were any lie in the case, it could be no
more than as officious and venial one --Note on
Gen. xxvii.
(Douay
version).
2. Disposed to serve; kind obliging. [Archaic]
Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries
Officious. --Milton.
They were tolerably well bred, very officious,
humane, and hospitable. --Burke.
3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in
affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your
services. --Shak.
Syn: Impertinent; meddling. See {Impertinent}. --
{Of*fi"cious*ly}, adv -- {Of*fi"cious*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
officious
adj : intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering
old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an
officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other
people's business" [syn: {interfering}, {meddlesome}, {meddling},
{busy}, {busybodied}]
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