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Definitions of officious in various dictionaries:
adj - intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others: an officious host; officious attention.
Informal; unofficial.
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| assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters. |
| intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner |
| too eager to tell people what to do and having too high an opinion of your own importance: |
| Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others: an officious host officious attention. |
| Informal unofficial. |
| Archaic Eager to render services or help others. |
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A busybody, do-gooder, meddler, or marplot is someone who meddles in the affairs of others. * An early study of the type was made by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in his typology, Characters, "In the proffered services of the busybody there is much of the affectation of kind-heartedness, and little efficient aid."Susanna Centlivre wrote a successful play, The Busie Body, which was first performed in 1709 and has been revived repeatedly since. It is a farce in which Marplot interferes in the romantic affairs of his friends and, despite being well-meaning, frustrates them. The characterisation of Marplot as a busybody whose "chief pleasure is knowing everybody's business" was so popular that they appeared as the title character in a sequel, Marplot. The name is a pun mar / plot and passed into the language as an eponym or personification of this type.In English law, the doctrine of locus standi requires that a plaintiff have some connection with the matter being contested |