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▪ I. nosey, n.|ˈnəʊzɪ|
[f. nose n. + -y.]
One who has a large nose. (Used as a nickname.)
1788Gov. Pownall in Archaeol. IX. 148 There is an admirable caricatura of a musician, what the vulgar of this day would call Nosey, playing on a violin. 1804Naval Chron. XI. 100 Pye..was always called Nozey. 1819Metropolis III. 89 The calling a noseless man, nosey, is adding insult to the injury which he has sustained. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 474/1 Had heer'd of the Duke of Wellington; he was Old Nosey. 1887Squire in Dict. Nat. Biog. IX. 428/2 It is said that the gallery cry, ‘Play up, nosey’, owes its origin to his appearance.
▪ II. nosey, a. and n.|ˈnəʊzɪ|
Also nosy.
[f. as prec. Cf. nosy a.]
A. adj.
1. a. Evil-smelling, emitting a bad odour.
1836Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 53 It's so everlasting bad—it's near about as nosey as a slave ship of niggers. 1867Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. III. ii. 620 [The corn] was left, heated a good deal, and came out clammy and ‘nosey’.
b. Fragrant.
1892Walsh Tea 161 Many teas that may be ‘new and nosey’ in the hand will be thin and flat in the cup.
2. Sensitive to bad smells.
1894Daily News 17 Jan. 3/1 It is a great compliment to the management to state that the most nosey visitor has no legitimate ground for offence from organic causes.
3. slang.
a. Inquisitive, esp. objectionably so; curious.
1882F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 226 Nosey, impertinent, intrusive. 1910H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly vi. 163 I'm not such a blooming Geezer..as not to be able to sell goods a bit. One has to be nosy over one's buying, of course. 1928Daily Express 11 Sept. 7 Marylebone man: Being nosey, I goes to 'ave a look. Magistrate: Being what? Clerk: Nosey; meaning curious. 1957M. Spark Comforters iv. 91 She saw Laurence examining Eleanor's cigarette case in his nosey way. 1973P. Evans Bodyguard Man xv. 104 ‘A nosey man...’ ‘Very nosey, very smart, very perceptive.’
b. Nosey Parker, nosey parker: an inquisitive person. Hence Nosey-Parkering, nosey-parkering ppl. adj. and vbl. n. and (as a back-formation) nosey-park v. intr.; nosey-parkerdom, Nosey-Parkerism, nosey-parkery, the display of inquisitive behaviour, the exercise of oppressive questioning; nosey-parkerishness, inquisitive tendencies.
1907Picture post card (London View Co. Ltd.) (caption) The adventures of Nosey Parker. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival xxi. 217 ‘I saw you go off with a fellah.’ ‘What of it, Mr. Nosy Parker?’ 1915Wodehouse Something Fresh v. 163 ‘But Nosey Parker is what I call him,’ she said. ‘He minds everybody's business as well as his own.’ 1925W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xxx. 302 A rodent, a nasty, acute little man of the Nosey Parker genus. 1929H. A. Vachell Virgin xviii. 280 I'm a pestering nosey-parkering, shilly-shallying sort of an idiot, eh? 1930J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement iv. 156 That's what takes your time, my boy—doing your bit of nosy-parkering. 1932H. Williams in Hansard Commons CCLXII. 1359/2 What I call the modern spirit of ‘nosey-parkerism’ in legislation and administration. 1937N. Marsh Vintage Murder viii. 86 Shut up, Gordon... Don't nosy-park. 1939― Overture to Death xi. 118 Asking questions..out of..nosey-parkerishness. 1947T. H. White Mistress Masham's Repose xx. 150 ‘Good-bye.’ ‘And none of your Nosey-Parkering.’ 1958E. Hyams Taking it Easy ii. iii. 195 Is Bachelor still connected with military intelligence, or security, or whatever fancy name they have for official nosey-parkering? 1961Economist 4 Nov. 426/3 This kind of officious nosey-parkery gives the British immigration authorities a bad name. 1966C. Mackenzie My Life & Times V. 157 The original ‘nosy parker’..was one who played Peeping Tom to love-making couples in Hyde Park. 1969Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 18 Goodness knows what all this massive exercise in nosey parkerdom is costing in terms of printing, manpower, administration, etc. 1971L. Lamb Worse than Death iii. 29 Mrs Marshman nosey-parked..in Mrs Marble's cupboard. 1973Times 17 Feb. 14/8 As ducks are ‘parkers’, it is easier to understand why exploratory and curious ducklings became ‘nosy parkers’. 1974‘D. Craig’ Whose Little Girl are You? i. 19 All nosey parkers in this street. 1974J. Cooper Women & Super Women 23 The social security ladies come nosy-parkering round.
B. n. An inquisitive person, a ‘Nosey Parker’.
1937N. Marsh Vintage Murder xiv. 155 He may be a bit of a nosy, but he doesn't look like a murderer. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §399/1 Meddler or inquisitive person,..nosy. 1975H. R. F. Keating Remarkable Case ii. 25 Tomorrow she would be out there in time, before all the noseys come out. |