busybodyish

English

Etymology

busybody +‎ -ish

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪzibɒdiɪʃ/

Adjective

busybodyish (comparative more busybodyish, superlative most busybodyish)

  1. Like a busybody; interfering, meddling.
    • 1905, “Talks with Soldiers”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 299, page 570:
      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.
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