nosy

adjective nosier · more nosy · nosiest · most nosy · nosey

1. Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle. They built tall fences, yet the nosy neighbors always seemed to know everything about them.
2. Having a large or elongated nose. "Look at you, a handsome man of thirty, with thick brown hair and a nosy nose and enormous feet and hands that can drive a team of horses or a yoke of oxen or," she hesitated in a brief shyness, and then went on, "a loving wife."

Similar: interfering, kibitzing, meddlesome

noun nosies · nosey

1. UK, slang A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity. I might wander down to the construction site for a nosy at what they're building.
2. childish, rare A nose. There was a little Rosy, / And she had a little nosy; / And she made a little posy, / All pink and white and green. / And she said, “Little nosy, / Will you smell my little posy? / For of all the flowers that growsy, / Such sweet ones ne’er were seen.” / So she took the little posy, / And she put it

verb nosies · nosying · nosied · nosey

1. informal, with into To pry into something. My brother always nosies into my diary.