† pantopragmaticsn.
humorous. Obsolete.
The notional branch of knowledge dealing with meddling in all things.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
businessa1466
busyty?1530
stickling1589
polypragmony1602
polypragmosyne1607
over-officiousnessa1610
officiousness1613
pragmaticalness1626
busybodyness1642
busybodying1824
busybodyism1828
pantopragmatics1860
superserviceableness1869
polypragmatism1890
1860 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange viii, in Fraser's Mag. May 617 Two or three..arch-quacks, have taken to merry-andrewising in a new arena, which they call the Science of Pantopragmatics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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