Hypertext Webster Gateway: "busybody"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Busybody \Bus"y*bod`y\ (-b[o^]d`[y^]), n.; pl. {Busybodies}
(-b[o^]d`[i^]z).
One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of
others; a meddling person.

And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought not. --1 Tim. v.
13.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

busybody
n : a person who meddles in the affairs of others [syn: {nosy-parker},
{nosey-parker}]


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