meddlesome+person

  • 11backseat driver — back′seat driv′er n. 1) an automobile passenger who offers the driver unsolicited advice or criticism 2) any meddlesome person who offers unsolicited advice • Etymology: 1925–30 back′seat driv′ing, n …

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  • 12busybody — n. (pl. ies) 1 a meddlesome person. 2 a mischief maker …

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  • 13brevit — I. ˈbrevə̇t intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: origin unknown 1. dialect England : forage, hunt the dog is always breviting about 2. dialect England : to pry and prowl around …

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  • 14prodnose — /prodˈnōz/ (slang) noun 1. A prying, meddlesome person 2. A detective intransitive verb (rare) To pry ORIGIN: ↑prod and ↑nose …

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  • 15curious — curiously, adv. curiousness, n. /kyoor ee euhs/, adj. 1. eager to learn or know; inquisitive. 2. prying; meddlesome. 3. arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious …

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  • 16impertinent — impertinent, officious, meddlesome, intrusive, obtrusiveare applied to persons and their acts and utterances and mean exceeding or tending to exceed the bounds of propriety regarding the interposition of oneself in another person s affairs.… …

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  • 17impertinent — adjective impertinent remarks Syn: rude, insolent, impolite, ill mannered, bad mannered, uncivil, discourteous, disrespectful; impudent, cheeky, audacious, bold, brazen, brash, presumptuous, forward; tactless, undiplomatic; informal sau …

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  • 18I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson — Infobox Officeholder name = Isaac Theophilus Akunna Wallace Johnson width = 130px caption = Statue of I. T. A. Wallace Johnson in Sierra Leone birth date = 1895 birth place = Wilberforce, Sierra Leone death date = 10 May 1965 death place = Ghana… …

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  • 19Plato: ethics and politics — A.W.Price I Plato followed his teacher Socrates into ethics by way of a question that remained central in Greek thought: what is the relation between the virtues or excellences (aretai) of character, and happiness (eudaimonia)?1 Both concepts… …

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  • 20china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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