BUSYBODY
ADJECTIVES
1851 — BUSYBODYISH characteristic of a busybody; prying, interfering
NOUNS
1642 — BUSYBODYNESS a being a busybody; meddlesomeness, desire to interfere
1828 — BUSYBODYISM behaviour characteristic of a busybody; a meddling
NOUNS, PERSON
1550 — GADDER a busybody; a gossip; a talkative person; a person who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip
1579 — JACK-STICKLER a busybody; a meddlesome or interfering person → obs.
1592 — FACTOTUM a busybody; a person who meddles with everything → obs.
1596 — OAR a busybody; a meddler in other’s matters → sl.
1600 — POLYPRAGMON a busybody; a person given to meddling; an officious person → obs.
1609 — POLYPRAGMONIST one given to meddling; a busybody; an interfering or officious person → obs.
1611 — BUMFIDDLER a busybody; a fidgety person
1613 — POLYPRAGMIST a person who is busy or concerned with many affairs → obs.
1621 — ARDELIO → ARDELION a busybody; a meddler → obs.
1631 — POLYPRAGMATIST a person who is busy or concerned with many affairs; a busybody
1636 — POLYPRAGMATIC a busybody; a meddlesome person → obs.
1690 — INTERLOPER a busybody; a meddler → sl.
1756 — GAD a busybody; a person who goes about spreading gossip; a newsmonger; a talkative person → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1757 — GADABOUT a busybody; a gossip → obs.
..19C — FADDLE a busybody; a trifling person → colloq. & Eng. dial.
1804 — TEAL → TEIL a busybody; a mean fellow → Sc. obs.
1823 — GIL → GILL a busybody; a nosy, inquisitive, interfering person → UK sl.
1856 — CLOCK-SETTER a busybody; a complainer → Amer. nautical sl.
1861 — PANTOPRAGMATIC a busybody; a meddling person
1868 — GAMP an interfering busybody; an idle, meddling person; an empty-headed, noisy fellow; a gossip → sl.
1898 — CANTERBURY a busybody; a gossip → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — MACO → MAKO a busybody; a gossip → W. Indies sl.
1900 — GABES a busybody; a foolish person; one who acts foolishly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GABES-CHANY a busybody; a foolish person; one who acts foolishly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — BUTTINSKY a busybody; a person who interrupts or interferes; a meddler → Amer. dial.
1902 — LABICAN a busybody; a gossip; a tattler → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 — BUTTERINSKY a busybody; a person who interferes; a meddler → Amer. dial.
1903 — BUTT-IN a busybody; a person who butts in; an intruder; a meddler → US
1905 — NEWSY-BREECHES a busybody; a gossip; an inquisitive person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1920 — EYEBALLER a meddlesome or interfering person; a gossiping busybody → Amer. dial.
1922 — JACK-MEDDLER a busybody (Bk.)
1923 — YENTA → YENTCH → YENTE a busybody; a gossip; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew → US
1938 — LONGNOSE a busybody; a meddler → Amer. dial.
1940 — BUNGO-BESSY an interfering busybody → W. Indies
1946 — MEDDLESOME MATTIE a busybody; an interfering nosy person → Amer. dial.
1950 — PRIGG a busybody → Aust. sl.
1957 — NIB-NOSE a busybody; a person who is always poking into other people’s affairs → Amer. dial.
1959 — GIG a busybody; any intrusive person; one who cannot mind his own business, a nosy or inquisitive person; an eavesdropper → Aust. sl.
1965 — MEDDLESOME MATILDY a busybody; an interfering nosy person → Amer. dial.
1965 — NEBBY-NOSE → NEB-NOSE a busybody; a person who is always poking into other people’s affairs → Amer. dial.
1967 — METICHE a busybody; a meddler → Amer. dial.
1968 — MEDDLE BOX a busybody; an interfering nosy person → Amer. dial.
1968 — MEDDLESOME BOX a busybody; an interfering nosy person → Amer. dial.
1968 — NEB a busybody → Amer. dial.
1968 — NEBSHIT a busybody; a person who is always poking into other people’s affairs → Amer. dial.
1968 — NIBBER a busybody; a person who interferes or meddles → Amer. dial.
1975 — MORETON (BAY) a busybody → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘gig’, Moreton Bay Fig
1980 — BESSY a busybody, a gossip → W. Indies
1980 — NIBBY-NOSE a busybody; a person who is always poking into other people’s affairs → Amer. dial.
1996 — WALK-ABOUT a busybody, a gossip; said of women → W. Indies
1996 — WALK-A-LEG → WALKER-LEG a busybody, a gossip; said of women → W. Indies
1996 — WALK-A-PICKY → WALKER-PICKY a busybody, a gossip; said of women → W. Indies
2006 — EAGLE-EYE a busybody; a person who watches or monitors other people’s actions; a floorwalker → US sl. (Bk.)
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