meddlesomeadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdls(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmɛd(ə)lsəm/

Forms: see meddle v. and -some suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meddle v., -some suffix¹.

Etymology: < meddle v. + -some suffix¹.

Given to meddling or interfering; characterized by meddling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > interfering or meddling

entermetinga1325

meddleousc1450

meddlinga1529

meddlesome1615

interfering1718

intermeddling1804

dabblesome1866

monkey-doodle1886

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 238 A people..talkative, meddlesome, dissentious.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 74 An hugger-mugger of meddlesom beings all at jars.

1743 R. Blair Grave 12 Honour! that meddlesome officious Ill, Pursues thee ev'n to Death.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 63 Neighbour Zekey is rather meddlesome but, as for overseer Nebby, he's only one o' the committee of safety.

1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 141 The story is a fair instance of the meddlesome legislation of those times.

1889 W. S. Playfair Treat. Sci. & Pract. Midwifery (ed. 7) II. iii. ix. 4 The time-honoured maxim that ‘meddlesome midwifery is bad’.

1918 J. Sully My Life & Friends xi. 214 How they rebelled against the presence of a meddlesome heath-keeper when they returned to Hampstead!

1977 ‘A. T. Ellis’ Sin Eater (1986) 108 The au pairs who had peopled her childhood, bored and neglectful, or curious and meddlesome.

1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy iv. 97 He had not reckoned on the meddlesome habits of editors, nor on the intolerance of the censors.

Compounds

Meddlesome Matty n. (also Meddlesome Mattie) [allusively, from quot. 1814] British colloquial (a nickname for) a meddlesome person.

ΚΠ

1814 A. Taylor & J. Taylor Orig. Poems for Infant Minds (ed. 11) II. 3 (title) Meddlesome Matty.]

1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 30 Dec. 734 ‘Meddlesome Matty!’ cries my sister, with her usual amenity, ‘who asked your opinion?’

1927 Times 17 Aug. 11/5 My warning was addressed to those who would make of the League ‘a kind of international Meddlesome Matty’.

1938 A. G. Macdonell Autobiogr. of Cad xxi. 259 Every reformer finds his obstructionists... In both cases Meddlesome Matties were to blame.

1960 D. Holman-Hunt My Grandmothers & I iv. 92 Good gracious, child, what a meddlesome matty you are.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meddlesome
释义	meddlesomeadj. Brit. /ˈmɛdls(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmɛd(ə)lsəm/ Forms: see meddle v. and -some suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meddle v., -some suffix¹. Etymology: < meddle v. + -some suffix¹. Given to meddling or interfering; characterized by meddling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > interfering or meddling entermetinga1325 meddleousc1450 meddlinga1529 meddlesome1615 interfering1718 intermeddling1804 dabblesome1866 monkey-doodle1886 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 238 A people..talkative, meddlesome, dissentious. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 74 An hugger-mugger of meddlesom beings all at jars. 1743 R. Blair Grave 12 Honour! that meddlesome officious Ill, Pursues thee ev'n to Death. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 63 Neighbour Zekey is rather meddlesome but, as for overseer Nebby, he's only one o' the committee of safety. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 141 The story is a fair instance of the meddlesome legislation of those times. 1889 W. S. Playfair Treat. Sci. & Pract. Midwifery (ed. 7) II. iii. ix. 4 The time-honoured maxim that ‘meddlesome midwifery is bad’. 1918 J. Sully My Life & Friends xi. 214 How they rebelled against the presence of a meddlesome heath-keeper when they returned to Hampstead! 1977 ‘A. T. Ellis’ Sin Eater (1986) 108 The au pairs who had peopled her childhood, bored and neglectful, or curious and meddlesome. 1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy iv. 97 He had not reckoned on the meddlesome habits of editors, nor on the intolerance of the censors. Compounds Meddlesome Matty n. (also Meddlesome Mattie) [allusively, from quot. 1814] British colloquial (a nickname for) a meddlesome person. ΚΠ 1814 A. Taylor & J. Taylor Orig. Poems for Infant Minds (ed. 11) II. 3 (title) Meddlesome Matty.] 1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 30 Dec. 734 ‘Meddlesome Matty!’ cries my sister, with her usual amenity, ‘who asked your opinion?’ 1927 Times 17 Aug. 11/5 My warning was addressed to those who would make of the League ‘a kind of international Meddlesome Matty’. 1938 A. G. Macdonell Autobiogr. of Cad xxi. 259 Every reformer finds his obstructionists... In both cases Meddlesome Matties were to blame. 1960 D. Holman-Hunt My Grandmothers & I iv. 92 Good gracious, child, what a meddlesome matty you are. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615
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