Obs. [a. L. ardelio, f. ardēre to burn, be eager or zealous. Cf. F. ardélion.] A busybody, meddler; ‘one that hath an oare in others boates’ (Florio).
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. ii. IV. vii. Striving to get that which we had better be without, ardelios, busybodies as we are.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xx. What is it that this Polypragmonetick Ardelione … doth aim at?
