overofficious

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English

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Etymology

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over- +‎ officious

Adjective

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overofficious (comparative more overofficious, superlative most overofficious)

  1. Excessively officious or inclined to meddle.
    • 1697, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects:
      over-officious Truth

References

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

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