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NOSINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nosiness mean?
• NOSINESS (noun)
The noun NOSINESS has 1 sense:
1. offensive inquisitiveness
Familiarity information: NOSINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offensive inquisitiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
nosiness; prying; snoopiness
Hypernyms ("nosiness" is a kind of...):
curiousness; inquisitiveness (a state of active curiosity)
Derivation:
nosy (offensively curious or inquisitive)
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