See nosy on Wiktionary
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"Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle."
],
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"roman": "fuḍūliyy",
"sense": "prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle",
"word": "فُضُولِيّ"
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"sense": "prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle",
"word": "多管閒事"
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"sense": "prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle",
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"word": "maldiskreta"
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"word": "fouineur"
},
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"word": "فضول"
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"sense": "prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle",
"tags": [
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"word": "meraklı bakkal"
},
{
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"sense": "prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle",
"word": "lắm chuyện"
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{
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"sense": "prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle",
"word": "nhiều chuyện"
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"word": "đa sự"
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"sense": "prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle",
"word": "thọc mạch"
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]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"form-of",
"inanimate",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɔ.sɘ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔsɘ"
}
],
"word": "nosy"
}
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