Both Uses of
meddlesome
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
- It seemed to her that her aunt was meddlesome; and from this came a vague apprehension that she would spoil something.†
Chpt 17 *meddlesome = intrusive
- A consummate sense of her aunt's meddlesome folly had come over her during the last five minutes, and she was sickened at the thought that Mrs. Penniman had been let loose, as it were, upon her happiness.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
inclined to intrude in other people's affairs or business