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Officious \Of*fi"cious\, a. [L. officiosus: cf. F. officieux.
See {Office}.]
1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.]
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If there were any lie in the case, it could be no
more than an officious and venial one. --Note on
Gen. xxvii.
(Douay
version).
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2. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic]
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Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries
Officious. --Milton.
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They were tolerably well bred, very officious,
humane, and hospitable. --Burke.
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3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in
affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
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You are too officious
In her behalf that scorns your services. --Shak.
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Syn: Impertinent; meddling. See {Impertinent}.
[1913 Webster] -- {Of*fi"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Of*fi"cious*ness}, n.
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