poly pragmatic, poly pragmatical

[Pref. poly-, and Eng. pragmatical.] Over-busy, over-zealous, officious. "Above all they hated such poly pragmatical inquisitors."-Heywood: Hierarchy of Angels , p. 158. †pol-y-prăg-ma-tř, * pol-ý-prăg-ma-çỹ, s. [Greek polyp rag mateō =to be busily engaged.] The state of being over-engaged in busine . †pol-y-prăg-mon, subst . [Greek.] A busybody; IMG:content-1303.png:[blocks in formation] BASS.] pol-ý-prişm, subst . [Pref. poly- , and Eng. prism (q. v.).] A prism formed of several prisms of the same angle connected at their ends. These prisms are made of substances unequally refringent, such as flint gla , rock crystal, or crown gla . A beam of light pa ing through the various component parts of such a prism is by them differently refracted and dispersed. pol-y-priş-măt-ic, adj. [Pref. poly-, and Eng. prismatic (q. v.).] Mineral.: Having crystals presenting numerous prisms in a single form. pol-y-prō-to-dont, subst. [POLYPROTODONT I A.) Any individual of the Polyprotodont i a.