officiousness

In Tayabas the officiousness of the Governor almost brought him to an untimely end.

"A slip of the tongue, which Miss Ida would not have noticed, but for your officiousness," answered Charley.

Lavater's officiousness is well enough known, and disapproved by all right-thinking men.

In any house that we wished to enter we always experienced a kind reception and without officiousness.

To illustrate this, let us consider the main danger of childish docility and parental officiousness.