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quidnunc

[ kwid-nuhngk ]

noun

  1. a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.


quidnunc

/ ˈ°ì·Éɪ»åËŒ²Ôʌŋ°ì /

noun

  1. a person eager to learn news and scandal; gossipmonger
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quidnunc1

First recorded in 1700–10, quidnunc is from Latin quid nunc “what now?â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quidnunc1

C18: from Latin, literally: what now
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“Quid pro quo†can be found under “Q†in the dictionary proper, between “quidnunc†and “quids in.â€

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It was then sold in convenient pennyworths;—hence coffee-houses where wits, quidnuncs, and idlers resorted, were called “penny universities.â€

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We have not now to haggle with the quidnuncs over the less or more of Art permissible in a garden, but to fight out the question whether civilisation shall have any garden at all.

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London had been bewildered, and its literary quidnuncs utterly puzzled, when such a story first came forth inscribed with an unknown name.

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Alas! capricious fate that governs these things turned my sweet, unconscious Ellen to one forever on the alert for the appearance of this long-legged quidnunc.

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