meddlesome+person

  • 61officious — (adj.) 1560s, zealous, eager to serve, from L. officiosus dutiful, obliging, from officium duty, service (see OFFICE (Cf. office)). Sense of meddlesome, doing more than is asked or required had emerged by 1600 (in officiously). An officious lie… …

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  • 62baalebos — n. (Yiddish) meddlesome or nosy person …

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  • 63baaleboses — n. (Yiddish) meddlesome or nosy person …

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  • 64kibitzer —    (KIH bit ser) [Yiddish and German: busybody] A person who looks over the shoulders of card players and offers unwanted advice or a meddlesome running commentary. Also, one who teases or cracks jokes while others are trying to concentrate on… …

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  • 65rude — 1 Rude, rough, crude, raw, callow, green, uncouth mean deficient in the qualities that make for finish or for perfection in development or in use. Rude, as applied to men and their minds, suggests a comparatively low state of culture or a dearth… …

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  • 66prag|mat´i|cal|ness — prag|mat|ic «prag MAT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. concerned with practical results or values; viewing things in a matter of fact way. 2. of or having to do with pragmatism: »a pragmatic philosophy. 3. having to do with the affairs of a state… …

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  • 67prag|mat´i|cal|ly — prag|mat|ic «prag MAT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. concerned with practical results or values; viewing things in a matter of fact way. 2. of or having to do with pragmatism: »a pragmatic philosophy. 3. having to do with the affairs of a state… …

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  • 68prag|mat|ic — «prag MAT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. concerned with practical results or values; viewing things in a matter of fact way. 2. of or having to do with pragmatism: »a pragmatic philosophy. 3. having to do with the affairs of a state or community …

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