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busybodies

busybodies is the plural of busybody.

busybodies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of busybody.

Meaning of busybody

Noun

busybody (plural busybodies)

  1. 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
  2. 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.

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Questions about busybodies

What is busybodies the plural of?
Busybodies is the plural of busybody.

Words near busybodies in the dictionary

  1. busy waits
  2. busy work
  3. busy-ness
  4. busy-work
  5. busybodied
  6. busybodies
  7. busybodiness
  8. busybody
  9. busybodying
  10. busybodyish
  11. busybodyism

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