Word of the Day for Tuesday September 13, 2005
officious \uh-FISH-uhs\, adjective:
Marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice
where they are neither requested nor needed; meddlesome.
Ian Holm plays a well-meaning but officious lawyer who
tries to make the grieving families sue for damages.
--John Simon, "Minus Four," [1]National Review, February 9,
1998
The guy was an officious twerp, but Luke and Pete were
vagrants, and a railroad employee had the right to throw
them out.
--Ken Follett, [2]Code to Zero
"Why don't you mind your own business, ma'am?" roared
Bounderby. "How dare you go and poke your officious nose
into my family affairs?"
--Charles Dickens, [3]Hard Times |
