adj
Meaning 1
Obliging, attentive, eager to please.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
officious
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈfɪʃəs/
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rhymes with -ɪʃəs
adj
Meaning 2
Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an interfering old woman
- bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
- busy about other people's business
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
15th century, from Middle English offycyous, from Latin officiōsus (“kindly”), from officium (“service”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: bereidwillig — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- Dutch: overijverig — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- German: übereifrig — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- German: dienstfertig — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- German: beflissen — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- German: dienstgeflissen — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- German: dienstbeflissen — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- German: bemüht — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- Spanish: oficioso — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- Swedish: fjäskig — (obsolete in English) eager to please
- Bulgarian: натрапчив (natrapčiv) — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Bulgarian: досаден (dosaden) — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Chinese Mandarin: 多管闲事的 — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Dutch: opdringerig — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Finnish: virkaintoinen — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Finnish: tungetteleva — offensively intrusive or interfering
- German: aufdringlich — offensively intrusive or interfering
- German: wichtigmacherisch — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Ancient Greek: πολυπρᾱ́γμων (poluprā́gmōn) — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Irish: anchúramach — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Māori: whakapōrearea — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Māori: whawhewhawhe — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Norwegian: offisiøs — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Polish: nadgorliwy — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Russian: уго́дливый (ugódlivyj) — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Russian: назо́йливый (nazójlivyj) — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Russian: навя́зчивый (navjázčivyj) — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Spanish: oficioso — offensively intrusive or interfering
- Swedish: beskäftig — offensively intrusive or interfering