busybodyness

noun

Etymology

From busybody + -ness.

  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 busybodyness — “busybody + ness

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a busybody.

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