pantopragmaticadj.n.
/ˌpantə(ʊ)praɡˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpæn(t)oʊˌpræɡˈmædɪk/ humorous.† B. n.
A. adj.
Originally: †of or relating to ‘pantopragmatics’ (obsolete). Now more generally: interfering in or occupied with everything; incessantly meddling. rare.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > officious
busy1340
pragmatical1593
officious1596
polypragmatical1597
superfluous1598
pragmaticc1612
superserviceablea1616
polypragmatic1616
stickling1642
over-officious1647
polypragmonetic1693
managinga1715
busybodied1798
busybodyish1851
pantopragmatic1860
polypragmonic1866
polypragmosynic1886
1860 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange xxxi, in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 605 There is a meeting of the Pantopragmatic Society, under the presidency of Lord Facing-both-ways.
1891 Sat. Rev. 4 July 4/1 He was beginning one of those curious pantopragmatic tours of his.
1995 Independent (Nexis) 12 Apr. 24 Serving up the artistic smorgasbord is pantopragmatic host Adrian Palka, an endearing mix of Stephen Fry and Alan Partridge.
A student or exponent of ‘pantopragmatics’. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody
busybody1526
busyhead1555
stiffler1566
Jack-stickler1579
pragmatical1593
polypragmon1596
polypragmonist1609
polypragmist1613
factotum1618
ardelio1624
polypragmatist1631
pragmatic1634
polypragmatic1636
pragmatist1640
stickler1702
gad1756
pantopragmatic1860
butterinsky1902
eager beaver1942
1860 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange xxxi, in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 605 I wonder the Pantopragmatics have not a department of cookery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1860