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▪ I. overbusy, a.|ˈəʊvəˈbɪzɪ|
[over- 28.]
Excessively busy; too much occupied; esp. that busies himself too much or is obtrusively officious.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1095, I hald þat man noght witty, Þat about þe world is over bysy. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 5, I wish young Artists not to be over-busie in..raising the fractured Cranium. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 264 She should doe well, not to be over-busie in matters that concerned her not. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) II. 764/1 A troublesome and overbusy man.
So ˈoverˈbusily adv., too busily.
c1440Jacob's Well 142 Þis wose of glotonye is v. fote brede, þat is, ouyrtymely, outeragely, ouerhastely, ouyrdeyntuously, & ouerbesyly. 1668Lond. Gaz. No. 281/4 The French..at Madagascar, having..overbusily engaged themselves.., in a war between the Neighbouring Princes.
▪ II. ˌoverˈbusy, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To busy too much; to engage or occupy too assiduously. Hence ˌoverˈbusied ppl. a.
1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 142 Had not our Cuttor ouer⁓busied himself. 1644Milton Judgm. Bucer 159 Bucer is more large than to be read by overbusied men. 1863Mrs. Whitney Faith Gartney xxxvi. 330 The errand-boys in the shops were overbusied and uncertain. |