Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Officious

Officious , adjective

[Latin officiosus: compare French officieux. See Office.]

1.
Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [Rare]
If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than an officious and venial one. — Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version)
2.
Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic]
Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious. — Milton
They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. — Burke
3.
Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services. — Shakespeare