superserviceableadj.

Brit.

/ˌsuːpəˈsəːvᵻsəbl/,

/ˌsjuːpəˈsəːvᵻsəbl/, U.S.

/ˌsupərˈsərvəsəbəl/

Forms: see super- prefix and serviceable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, serviceable adj.

Etymology: < super- prefix + serviceable adj.

Usually depreciative.

Performing or offering more service than is required or appropriate; overly helpful; officious.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) ii. ii. 16 A..glasse-gazing super-seruiceable finicall Rogue.

1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 133 The notion that our Bibles must be set to rights, is a notion consentaneous with that of the super-serviceable Philosopher.

1788 World 5 Sept. Sheridan..had little analysis, or combination; his energy was noisy, his art superserviceable.

1815 Monthly Mag. 38 112 A prefix or an adjacent whensoever it is officious or super-serviceable.

1841 R. W. Emerson Conservative in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 276 What a compliment we pay to the good Spirit with our superserviceable zeal!

1883 J. Hawthorne Dust II. 34 Shop-keepers bowed in their doorways, rubbing superserviceable hands.

1901 W. Morison Johnston of Warriston iv. 21 Even the rashest and most superserviceable of his officials on the spot could do nothing.

1999 P. Duncker in M. McQuillan et al. Post-theory iii. 53 Women's lives are spent in service and servitude, learning to be superserviceable, [etc.].

Derivatives

superˈserviceableness n.

ΘΚΠ

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

1869 W. Colenso On Maori Races N.Z. 31 in Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1868 1 Their instability and fickleness were also very great... Allied to which was their superserviceableness, or overofficiousness.

1881 Philadelphia Rec. No. 3412. 2 The insolent superserviceableness of professional detectives.

1988 R. Strier in H. Dubrow & R. Strier Hist. Renaissance 123 In..act 5, we are given a final example of both opportunism and superserviceableness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	superserviceable
释义	superserviceableadj. Brit. /ˌsuːpəˈsəːvᵻsəbl/, /ˌsjuːpəˈsəːvᵻsəbl/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈsərvəsəbəl/ Forms: see super- prefix and serviceable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, serviceable adj. Etymology: < super- prefix + serviceable adj. Usually depreciative. Performing or offering more service than is required or appropriate; overly helpful; officious. ΘΚΠ 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 a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) ii. ii. 16 A..glasse-gazing super-seruiceable finicall Rogue. 1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 133 The notion that our Bibles must be set to rights, is a notion consentaneous with that of the super-serviceable Philosopher. 1788 World 5 Sept. Sheridan..had little analysis, or combination; his energy was noisy, his art superserviceable. 1815 Monthly Mag. 38 112 A prefix or an adjacent whensoever it is officious or super-serviceable. 1841 R. W. Emerson Conservative in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 276 What a compliment we pay to the good Spirit with our superserviceable zeal! 1883 J. Hawthorne Dust II. 34 Shop-keepers bowed in their doorways, rubbing superserviceable hands. 1901 W. Morison Johnston of Warriston iv. 21 Even the rashest and most superserviceable of his officials on the spot could do nothing. 1999 P. Duncker in M. McQuillan et al. Post-theory iii. 53 Women's lives are spent in service and servitude, learning to be superserviceable, [etc.]. Derivatives superˈserviceableness n. ΘΚΠ 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 1869 W. Colenso On Maori Races N.Z. 31 in Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1868 1 Their instability and fickleness were also very great... Allied to which was their superserviceableness, or overofficiousness. 1881 Philadelphia Rec. No. 3412. 2 The insolent superserviceableness of professional detectives. 1988 R. Strier in H. Dubrow & R. Strier Hist. Renaissance 123 In..act 5, we are given a final example of both opportunism and superserviceableness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1616
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