"officiousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: officiousnesses [plural]
Etymology: officious + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|officious|ness}} officious + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} officiousness (countable and uncountable, plural officiousnesses)
  1. The quality of being officious Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: beadledom
    Sense id: en-officiousness-en-noun-lm4yeMNQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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