Obs. rare–1. In 6 besyte. [f. BUSY + -TY; after words from F. and L. like veri-ty, jolli-ty.] Officiousness, fussiness.

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c. 1511.  Colet, Serm. Conf. & Ref., in Phenix (1708), II. 4. The Besyte and Wantonness of Officials.

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