Etymology

overbusy

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Today it means: Excessively busy; officious. Full definition →

Middle English overbisi
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromoverbisi
  2. English todayoverbusy

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.