busy
Meaning
-
- Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
- Engaged in activity or by someone else.
- Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
- Officious; meddling.
Synonyms
officious
pressure of work
be occupied
busybodied
in the middle
occupied with
off-hook
peak period
pressure of business
rush about
fuss about
be active
be busy
be engaged in
busy oneself
in a rush
involved in
not free
work well
romp around
not clear
flowing as water
giving water
occupied in
engaged line
make-busy
busy line
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bus‧y
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɪzi/
Etymology
From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”), Old Frisian bisgia (“to use”), Old English bisgian (“to occupy, employ, trouble, afflict”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɪ/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands.
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