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Polypragmatic
Overly busy. Officious or meddlesome. ''Some neighbors can be polypragmatic.''
- Grogie
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I had to look up pragmatic to get a handle on this one. I've never used it in any sense other than the "practical" one.
So adding the "poly" makes it quite intensive, wouldn't you say?
dictionary.com wrote:5. of or pertaining to the affairs of state or community.
6. Archaic.
a. busy; active.
b. officious; meddlesome; interfering.
c. dogmatic; opinionated.
So adding the "poly" makes it quite intensive, wouldn't you say?
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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