busybody
51busy — O.E. bisig careful, anxious, busy, occupied, cognate with O.Du. bezich, Low Ger. besig; no known connection with any other Germanic or Indo European language. Still pronounced as in M.E., but for some unclear reason the spelling shifted to u in… …
52busy — British a policeman Probably a shortened form of busybody, a nosy or interfering person: ... don t hang around. The bloody street s alive with busies. (Kersh, 1936) His mother was head of the local civic association, a busybody… …
53pry — I v 1. inquire, question, query, quiz, ask; examine, interrogate, Inf. grill, cross examine; meddle, interfere, intermeddle, Brit. Dial. mell, interlope; intrude, butt in, U.S. Sl. horn in, obtrude; impose, interpose, intervene; mind other people …
54snoop — [n] person who noses around busybody, butt in*, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe*, meddler, peeping Tom*, pragmatist, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck*, scout, sleuth, snooper; concepts 348,423 snoop [v] nose around busybody*, interfere,… …
55kibitzer — n. colloq. 1 an onlooker at cards etc., esp. one who offers unwanted advice. 2 a busybody, a meddler. Etymology: Yiddish kibitser f. G Kiebitz lapwing, busybody …
56nos|y — «NOH zee», adjective, nos|i|er, nos|i|est, noun. Informal. –adj. prying or inquisitive: »He said that those of his followers who had chased nosy tax collectors out of their shops…were only fighting for their liberties (New Yorker). –n …
57prag|mat´i|cal|ness — prag|mat|ic «prag MAT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. concerned with practical results or values; viewing things in a matter of fact way. 2. of or having to do with pragmatism: »a pragmatic philosophy. 3. having to do with the affairs of a state… …
58prag|mat´i|cal|ly — prag|mat|ic «prag MAT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. concerned with practical results or values; viewing things in a matter of fact way. 2. of or having to do with pragmatism: »a pragmatic philosophy. 3. having to do with the affairs of a state… …
59prag|mat|ic — «prag MAT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. concerned with practical results or values; viewing things in a matter of fact way. 2. of or having to do with pragmatism: »a pragmatic philosophy. 3. having to do with the affairs of a state or community …
60Meddler — Med dler, n. One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody. [1913 Webster] …
