officiousnesses

Updated: May 16, 2025

A Woman's Man is very knowing in all that passes from one Family to another, has little pretty Officiousnesses, is not at a loss what is good for a Cold, and it is not amiss if he has a Bottle of Spirits in his Pocket in case of any sudden Indisposition.

Joseph Addison - The Spectator, Volume 1: Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays