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nosey

/nəʊzi/

nosey is the alternative spelling of nosy.

Meaning of nosy

Adjective

nosy (comparative nosier or more nosy, superlative nosiest or most nosy)

  1. Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
    • They built tall fences, yet the nosy neighbors always seemed to know everything about them.
  2. Having a large or elongated nose.
    • "Look at you, a handsome man of thirty, with thick brown hair and a nosy nose and enormous feet and hands that can drive a team of horses or a yoke of oxen or," she hesitated in a brief shyness, and then went on, "a loving wife."1962, Paul Engle, Golden Child, page 25

See all 5 meanings of nosy

Forms of nosey

Adjective
comparativenosier
superlativenosiest
Noun
pluralnoseys
Verb
third-person singular presentnoseys
present participlenoseying
past participlenoseyed
pastnoseyed

Origin of nosey

From nose + -y.

Phrases with nosey

Words that rhyme with nosey

Questions about nosey

What is nosey the alternative spelling of?
Nosey is the alternative spelling of nosy.
How do you pronounce nosey?
Nosey is pronounced /nəʊzi/.

Words near nosey in the dictionary

  1. nosewings
  2. nosewise
  3. nosewitness
  4. nosework
  5. noseworthy
  6. nosey
  7. nosey parker
  8. nosey parkered
  9. nosey parkering
  10. nosey parkers
  11. nosey-parker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nosey (page history and authors); nosy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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