overmeddling

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ meddling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈmɛdəlɪŋ/, /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈmɛdlɪŋ/

Noun

overmeddling (uncountable)

1. Excessive interference.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     justly shent for their overmeddling

References

“overmeddling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.