OFFI'CIOUS, adjective [Latin officiosus.] 1. Kind; obliging; doing kind offices. Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries officious 2. Excessively forward in kindness; importunately interposing services. You are too officious in her behalf that scorns your services. 3. Busy; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI