BUSIEST

BUSY

busy

(adjective) crowded with or characterized by much activity; “a very busy week”; “a busy life”; “a busy street”; “a busy seaport”

busy

(adjective) actively or fully engaged or occupied; “busy with her work”; “a busy man”; “too busy to eat lunch”

interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied

(adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; “an interfering old woman”; “bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself”; “busy about other people’s business”

busy, engaged, in use

(adjective) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line); “her line is busy”; “receptionists’ telephones are always engaged”; “the lavatory is in use”; “kept getting a busy signal”

busy, fussy

(adjective) overcrowded or cluttered with detail; “a busy painting”; “a fussy design”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

busiest

superlative form of busy: most busy

Verb

busiest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of busy

Anagrams

• besuits, subsite

Source: Wiktionary

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BUSY

Bus"y, a. Etym: [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh to be active, busy.]

1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant. Sir, my mistress sends you word THat she is busy, and she can not come. Shak.

2. Constantly at work; diligent; active. Busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak. Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. Addison.

3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street. To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.

4. Officious; meddling; foolish active. On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. Shak.

5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn.

– Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied; engaged.

Bus"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied; p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] Etym: [AS. bysgian.]

Definition: To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books. Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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