English Explanatory Dictionary

inofficious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Indifferent to obligation or duty.
  2. Not officious; not civil or attentive.
  3. Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.

Word forms

inofficious more inofficious most inofficious

Etymology

From Latin inofficiōsus. Compare French inofficieux. See in- (“not”) + officious.

Derived words

inofficiously inofficiousness
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