meddlesome

/ˈmɛdəlsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

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adj

"If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme!"
"As this was well before the meddlesome days in which we now live, can Mr. Cox explain why this plan was never carried out?"
"The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome."

From meddle + -some.

more meddlesome (comparative) most meddlesome (superlative)

meddlesomely meddlesomeness unmeddlesome

meddlesome Mattie

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How do you pronounce meddlesome?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛdəlsəm/.

What does meddlesome mean?

Where does meddlesome come from?

From meddle + -some.

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