nosy (nozi)

[Also nosey; The knight... and his nosy squire. Jarvis, tr. of Don Quixote, II. ii. 14. (Davies.) Has heer'd of the Duke of Wellington; he was Old Nosey . Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 474. not1 (not), adv. [ nota bene (nō'tä bēnē). [L.: nota, 2d pers. sing. imp. of not are, mark, note; bene, well.] Note well; mark carefully. Usually abbreviated N. B.