overmeddling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ meddling

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈmɛdəlɪŋ/, /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈmɛdlɪŋ/

Noun[edit]

overmeddling (uncountable)

  1. Excessive interference.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:
      justly shent for their overmeddling

References[edit]

“overmeddling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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