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Definition of Nosiness
1. Noun. Offensive inquisitiveness.
Generic synonyms: Curiousness, Inquisitiveness
Derivative terms: Nosy, Pry, Pry, Pry, Snoopy
Definition of Nosiness
1. Noun. The property of being nosy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nosiness
1. the quality of being nosy [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nosiness
Literary usage of Nosiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Teaching of English in the Elementary and the Secondary School by Percival Chubb (1902)
"Gradually the boorishness and vulgarity, the indistinctness and clumsiness, the
throatiness and nosiness, against which she has been struggling, ..."
2. A Spanish Anthology: A Collection of Lyrics From The Thirteenth Century Down by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1917)
"... nosiness. 1. 18. Anás: cf. St. Luke iii. 2, etc. Page 163. — 1. 1. This epistle
was addressed to Olivares, (f 1645) the favorite and minister of Philip ..."
3. Global Environmental Risk by Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson (2001)
"... seeking information on future impacts in order to guide current actions, simple
nosiness or curiosity - may also motivate the desire to know the future. ..."
4. New Classic Poems: Contemporary Verse that Rhymes : an Anthology / Compiled by McAlister, Neil Harding, 1952-, Day, Jonathan (2005)
"And does your paint brush dry off by the beach of Carolina? Lauderdale? It seems
my nosiness your answers may alight. If you're Van Gogh, am Ia starry night ..."
5. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"With her penchant for digging and outright nosiness, she'd found out some of his
story. First his wife died in childbirth leaving him with a newborn and a ..."
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