officious C2 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment UK /əˈfɪʃəs/ See IPA manual Freq #65198 Meanings 1 adj Obliging, attentive, eager to please. Elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention! 2 adj Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services. The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome. Thesaurus Word family Forms officiouslyofficiousness Derived forms inofficiousofficiouslyofficiousnessoverofficioussuperofficiousultraofficiousunofficious Etymology 15th century, from Middle English offycyous, from Latin officiōsus (“kindly”), from officium (“service”). Topics Ethics & Social Judgment External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # officious **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (UK):** /əˈfɪʃəs/ **Frequency rank:** 65198 ## Meanings 1. Obliging, attentive, eager to please. 2. Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services. ## Examples - Elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention! - The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome. ## Derived Forms - inofficious - officiously - officiousness - overofficious - superofficious - ultraofficious - unofficious ## Etymology 15th century, from Middle English offycyous, from Latin officiōsus (“kindly”), from officium (“service”). ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment markdown