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obtrusive

Pronunciation: /əbˈtɹuːsɪv/

The English word “obtrusive” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.
  2. Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
  3. Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs.

Etymology

PIE word *h₁epi From Latin obtrūsus + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘of the nature of’, forming adjectives). Obtrūsus is the perfect passive participle of obtrūdō, a variant of obstrūdō (“to push, shove, or thrust against or into”), from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + trūdō (“to push, shove, or thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push; to thrust”)).

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