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busybodyism

noun
/ˈbɪzibɒdiɪzm̩/UK

Etymology

From busybody + -ism.

  1. derived from *bʰewdʰ-✻ — “to be awake, observe”
  2. inherited from *bodag✻ — “body, trunk”
  3. inherited from bodiġ
  4. inherited from body
  5. compounded as busybody — “busy + body”
  6. suffixed as busybodyism — “busybody + ism”

Definitions

  1. The behaviour of a busybody

    The behaviour of a busybody; interfering, meddling.

    • ‘The suspicious circumstances which invest him, will be found to tally much better with my hypothesis of romantic busy-bodyism, than with the reasoner's suggestion of guilt.’

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA