English-Thai Dictionary

officious

ADJ เจ้ากี้เจ้าการ  ยุ่ง  interfering intrusive retiring jao-ke-jao-kan

 

officiously

ADV อย่าง เจ้ากี้เจ้าการ  yang-jao-ke-jao-kan

 

officiousness

N ความ เจ้ากี้เจ้าการ  ความ สอดรู้สอดเห็น  การ ช่วยเหลือ ใน สิ่ง ที่ ไม่จำเป็น  curiosity kwam-jao-ke-jao-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OFFICIOUS

a.[L. officiosus.] 1. Kind; obliging; doing kind offices.
Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious.
2. Excessively forward in kindness; importunately interposing services.
You are too officious in her behalf that scorns your services.
3. Busy; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern.

 

OFFICIOUSLY

adv. 1. Kindly; with solicitous care.
Let thy goats officiously be nurs'd.
2. With importunate or excessive forwardness.
Flattering crowds officiously appear, to give themselves, not you, a happy year.
3. In a busy meddling manner.

 

OFFICIOUSNESS

n. 1. Eagerness to serve; usually, an excess of zeal to serve others, or improper forwardness, interposing in affairs without being desired, or with a disposition to meddle with the concerns of others.
2. Service. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OFFICIOUS

Of *fi "cious, a. Etym: [L. officiosus: cf. F. officieux. See Office. ]

 

1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.] If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than as officious and venial one. Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version ).

 

2. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic ] Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious. Milton. They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. Burke.

 

3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome. You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Impertinent; meddling. See Impertinent. -- Of *fi "cious *ly, adv. -- Of *fi "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

officious

of fi cious |əˈfiSHəs əˈfɪʃəs | ▶adjective assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, esp. with regard to petty or trivial matters: a policeman came to move them on, an officious, spiteful man. • intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice; interfering: an officious bystander. DERIVATIVES of fi cious ly adverb, of fi cious ness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin officiosus ‘obliging, ’ from officium (see office ). The original sense was ‘performing its function, efficacious, ’ whence ‘ready to help or please ’ (mid 16th cent. ), later becoming depreciatory (late 16th cent ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

officious

of |fi ¦cious |əˈfɪʃəs | ▶adjective assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters: the security people were very officious. • intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice; interfering: an officious bystander. DERIVATIVES officiously adverb, officiousness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin officiosus ‘obliging ’, from officium (see office ). The original sense was ‘performing its function, efficacious ’, whence ‘ready to help or please ’ (mid 16th cent. ), later becoming depreciatory (late 16th cent. ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

officious

officious adjective I try to avoid their officious salesclerks: self-important, bumptious, self-assertive, overbearing, overzealous, domineering, opinionated, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling; informal pushy, bossy. ANTONYMS self-effacing. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS officious, official Officious individuals are excessively fond of asserting their authority. They behave in an annoyingly domineering fashion, especially in relation to trivial matters (he was an officious teller who chastised us for not properly sorting our money by denomination ). Official, on the other hand, means 'relating to the responsibilities and authority of public office' (her official duties in the White House ) or 'approved or issued by an authority' (the official unemployment figures ). So, should you encounter an officious person who is acting in an official capacity, consider it an unfortunate coincidence, not a requisite circumstance. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

officious

officious adjective an officious maître d' told him to wait at the bar: self-important, bumptious, self-assertive, overbearing, overzealous, dictatorial, bossy, domineering, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, importunate, forward, opinionated; informal pushy; archaic pragmatic, intermeddling; rare obtrusive, busy. ANTONYMS self-effacing. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS officious or official? One may well be unfortunate enough to encounter an officious person acting in an official capacity; but this is a matter of human nature and does not mean that the words have the same meaning. An officious person is excessively fond of asserting his or her authority, especially in relation to trivial matters (the local bureaucrats are an officious lot ). Official, on the other hand, means ‘relating to the responsibilities and authority of public office ’ (his official duties | the Prime Minister's official engagements ) or ‘approved or issued by an authority ’ (the official unemployment figures ).These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

officious

of fi cious /əfɪ́ʃəs /形容詞 ｟非難して ｠差し出がましい, 出しゃばりな .～ly 副詞 おせっかいにも, 偉そうに .～ness 名詞