释义 |
spoffish, a. slang.|ˈspɒfɪʃ| [Of obscure origin.] Bustling, fussy, officious.
1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Tales v, As a little spoffish man..entered the room. Ibid. vii, He..was smart, spoffish, and eight-and-twenty. 1884E. Yates Recoll. II. 244 A little spoffish American gentleman..had regarded me with great curiosity. So ˈspoffy a.
1860Slang. Dict., Spoffy, a bustling busy-body is said to be spoffy. |