bossy
pronunciation
How to pronounce bossy in British English:
UK [ˈbɒsi]
How to pronounce bossy in American English:
US [ˈbɔsi]
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- Adjective:
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Word Origin
- bossy (adj.)
- 1540s, "swelling, projecting and rounded, decorated with bosses" from boss (n.2). Meaning "domineering, fond of ordering people about" is recorded 1882, from boss (n.1) + -y (2). As a common cow name it represents Latin bos "cow" (see cow (n.)).
Example
- 1. Tears conquer the face of the bossy head nurse .
- 2. So if your guy never calls you " bossy , " " controlling , " or " uptight , " it 's a good sign .
- 3. At home , behind closed bathroom doors , she practices genital self-mutilation while her bossy , meddlesome mother ( annie girardot ) , with whom she lives , prepares dinner .
- 4. So what 's so lovable about a bossy woman ?
- 5. Bossy women are often what we call control freaks .