• (a.) Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. • (a.) Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. • (a.) Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/officious/
Of·fi'cious adjective [ Latin officiosus : confer French officieux . See Office .] 1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [ R.] « If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than as officious and venial one.» Note on Gen. x... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/14