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bossiness

 [baw-see, bos-ee]   Origin

boss·y

1   [baw-see, bos-ee]
adjective, boss·i·er, boss·i·est.
given to ordering people about; overly authoritative; domineering.
Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; boss1 + -y1

Related forms
boss·i·ly, adverb
boss·i·ness, noun

Synonyms
highhanded, officious, dictational; overbearing, abrasive.

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bossy1 (ˈbɒsɪ)
 
—adj , bossier, bossiest
informal domineering, overbearing, or authoritarian
 
'bossily1
 
—adv
 
'bossiness1
 
—n

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bossy
1540s, "swelling, projecting and rounded, decorated with bosses" from boss (2). Meaning "domineering, fond of ordering people about" is recorded 1882, from boss (1). As a common cow name it represents L. bos "cow."
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