busybody

noun 2verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.

Se that none of you ſuffre as a murtherer / or as a thefe / or an evyll doar / or as a buſybody in wother mens matters.

Candidly speaking, I thought her a little busy-body; but her father, blind like other parents, seemed perfectly content to let her wait on him, and even wonderfully soothed by her offices.

2

A device consisting of three mirrors that, when attached to the wall of a house, allows an occupant to see who is at the front door without a direct line of sight.

verb

1

To meddle or interfere.

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