Officious Definition

ə-fĭshəs
adjective
Ready to serve; obliging.
Webster's New World
Offering unnecessary and unwanted advice or services; meddlesome, esp. in a highhanded or overbearing way.
Webster's New World
In diplomacy, unofficial or informal.
Webster's New World
Motivated by the desire to help others.
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Origin of Officious

  • Latin officiōsus obliging, dutiful from officium duty office

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 16th Century, from Latin officiōsus (“kindly"), from officium (“service").

    From Wiktionary

Officious Sentence Examples

  • Officious hands, Russian and French, immediately seized the cross and fastened it to the uniform.

  • Generally, business-like websites with officious appearances will probably stick with inline graphics.

  • This apparatus resulted in a minor contretemps when we were visited, on another matter, by a rather officious Excise Officer.

  • It turned out that the usual " guard " on that duty was a rather officious elderly dragon of a conductress.

  • Alan Quinn The only thing that spoiled the evening's entertainment was the attitude of referee Paul Danson who was over officious throughout.

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