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officiousnesses

officiousnesses is the plural of officiousness.

Meaning of officiousness

Noun

officiousness (countable and uncountable, plural officiousnesses)

  1. The quality of being officious.
    • Mrs Palmer, and her furbelowed daughters-in-law, who will probably carry enough of the scarlet fever about them, to remind you unpleasantly of the officiousness which preserved the lives of three daughters, when two might have been parted with advantageously enough.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    beadledom

Questions about officiousnesses

What is officiousnesses the plural of?
Officiousnesses is the plural of officiousness.

Words near officiousnesses in the dictionary

  1. officious
  2. officious intermeddler
  3. officious intermeddlers
  4. officiously
  5. officiousness
  6. officiousnesses
  7. officuh
  8. offie
  9. Offield
  10. Offields
  11. offies

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