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nosybody

nosybody noun: a nosy person.

Noun

nosybody (plural nosybodies)

  1. (informal) A nosy person.
    • Which leaves one as a pretty lonely number for some here at Fuddruckers, who complain that they face ever more pressure — from relatives, nosybodies, and their own children — to produce siblings.2007 June 3, Tina Kelley, “Company for an Only Child, and for Parents, Peace of Mind”, in New York Times

Forms of nosybody

pluralnosybodies

Origin of nosybody

From nosy + body.

Questions about nosybody

What does nosybody mean?
Nosybody means a nosy person.
What part of speech is nosybody?
Nosybody is a noun.
What is the plural of nosybody?
The plural of nosybody is nosybodies.

Words near nosybody in the dictionary

  1. nosy-parker
  2. nosy-parkered
  3. nosy-parkering
  4. nosy-parkers
  5. nosybodies
  6. nosybody
  7. nosying
  8. nosyl
  9. nosyls
  10. not
  11. not a bit of it

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