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Webster 1913 Edition


Meddlesome

Med′dle-some

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Adj.
Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.
Med′dle-some-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Meddlesome

MED'DLESOME

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Adj.
Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.

Definition 2024


meddlesome

meddlesome

English

Adjective

meddlesome (comparative more meddlesome, superlative most meddlesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
    If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme!

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