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nosy

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Adjective
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nos=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

nosyadj. 
     Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosey; as, he flipped through my letters in his nosy way.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nosy, adj. & n. (also nosey)
--adj. (nosier, nosiest)
1 colloq. inquisitve, prying.
2 having a large nose.
3 having a distinctive (good or bad) smell.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person with a large nose.

Idiom
Nosy Parker esp. Brit. colloq. a busybody.
Derivative
nosily adv. nosiness n.

THESAURUS

nosy

busy, busybody, curious, delving, digging, eavesdropping, fishing, forward, impertinent, in search of, inquisitive, inquisitorial, loaded for bear, looking for, meddlesome, meddling, officious, out for, out for bear, poking, presumptuous, probing, prying, pushing, pushy, searching, self-appointed, snooping, snoopy, spying

ROGET THESAURUS

nosy

Curiosity

N curiosity, interest, thirst for knowledge, thirst for truth, curiosity, curiousness, inquiring mind, inquisitiveness, omnivorous intellect, devouring mind, inquirer, sightseer, quidnunc, newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper, gossip, rubberneck, intellectual, seeker, seeker after truth, curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious, inquiring, prying, snoopy, nosy, peering, prurient, inquisitorial, inquisitory, curious as a cat, agape, what's the matter? what next? consumed with curios, curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back, curiouser and curiouser.


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