overbusy

English

Etymology

From Middle English overbisi, equivalent to over- +‎ busy.

Adjective

overbusy (comparative more overbusy, superlative most overbusy)

1. Excessively busy; officious.

Derived terms

• overbusily

Verb

overbusy (third-person singular simple present overbusies, present participle overbusying, simple past and past participle overbusied)

1. (transitive) To busy or involve (oneself) too thoroughly in something.
   • 1964, Ethel Stephens Arnett, From England to North Carolina: Two Special Gifts, page 59:

     Returning to England, he was there imprisoned, some say for overbusying himself in matters of foreign trade.

Anagrams

• overbuys