Meanings
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adj
Always telling other people what to do in an annoying way.
My older sister can be really bossy sometimes.
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autocraticcoercivecontrollingdespoticdominantforcefulharshheavy-handediron-fistediron-handedmonocratic
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Word family
Forms
bossierbossiest
Related forms
arrogant
Etymology
Diminutive of dialectal English boss + -y, as used in the term boss-calf (which, like buss-calf, is a variant form of boose-calf, a calf kept in a boose (“stall”)).