polypragmosyne

noun

polypragmosyne

noun

Etymology From Ancient Greek πολυπραγμοσύνη (polupragmosúnē, “meddlesomeness”), from πολυπράγμων (poluprágmōn, “meddlesome”) (from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “act”)) + -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”). See poly-, pragmatic.

1

Rare Meddlesomeness, officiousness.

  • The Polypragmosine is pedantic enough, but something like true too; A Spirit of restless Enterprize with a Greek Name.1801 May, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana, volume II,1:
Related terms
polypragmon

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.