superserviceable

American  

[soo-per-sur-vi-suh-buhl] / ˌsu pərˈsɜr vɪ sə bəl /

adjective

1. overly disposed to be of service; officious.

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Other Word Forms

• superserviceableness noun
• superserviceably adverb

Etymology

Origin of superserviceable

First recorded in 1595–1605; super- + serviceable

Example Sentences

At this juncture the superserviceable Mephistopheles of the Empire, Fouch�, intervened.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

This enlightened body promptly shortened the days of tribulation by a letter to the superserviceable Stuyvesant, conceived in a most commercial spirit.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey

The miserable wretch, trembling and hoping to save his own life by his superserviceable zeal, got down upon his knees, and lighted a match, and puffed and blew to make the fire catch.

From Caesar's Column by Donnelly, Ignatius

Randolph was a remorseless, subtle, superserviceable villain, who lied to the king, and robbed the colonists, and was active and indefatigable in every form of rascality.

From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Hawthorne, Julian

The latter's annihilation took all the heart out of the superserviceable Shirley; he got no further than Oswego, where he frittered the summer away, and then retreated under a cloud of pretexts.

From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Hawthorne, Julian