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overofficious

overofficious adjective: excessively officious or inclined to meddle.

Adjective

overofficious (comparative more overofficious, superlative most overofficious)

  1. Excessively officious or inclined to meddle.
    • over-officious Truth1697, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects

Forms of overofficious

comparativemore overofficious
superlativemost overofficious

Origin of overofficious

From over- + officious.

Questions about overofficious

What does overofficious mean?
Overofficious means excessively officious or inclined to meddle.
What part of speech is overofficious?
Overofficious is an adjective.

Words near overofficious in the dictionary

  1. overoffended
  2. overoffending
  3. overoffends
  4. overoffensive
  5. overofficered
  6. overofficious
  7. overoil
  8. overoiled
  9. overoiling
  10. overoils
  11. overoperate

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