overofficious

English

Etymology

over- +‎ officious

Adjective

overofficious (comparative more overofficious, superlative most overofficious)

1. Excessively officious or inclined to meddle.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overofficious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)