Associations to the word «Officiousness»

Wiktionary

OFFICIOUSNESS, noun. The quality of being officious

Dictionary definition

OFFICIOUSNESS, noun. Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats