OFFI'CIOUSNESS, noun
1. Eagerness to serve; usually, an excess of zeal to serve others, or improper forwardness, interposing in affairs without being desired, or with a disposition to meddle with the concerns of others.
2. Service. [Little used.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.