quidnunc
a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.
Origin of quidnunc
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How to use quidnunc in a sentence
quidnunc, kwid′nungk, n. one always on the lookout for news: one who pretends to know all occurrences.
The rest can wait until you tell me what new quidnunc tale was invented to lure you here.
Peggy Owen at Yorktown | Lucy Foster MadisonHe even becomes a quidnunc, prying now and then into the personal affairs of his superiors.
The Book of Khalid | Ameen RihaniBeside the quidnunc and the party politician, another class of reader now appeared demanding aliment in the press.
Addison | William John CourthopeThis was concerned with a famous personage whom all knowing London (though I for one had not known it) called quidnunc.
Lore of Proserpine | Maurice Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for quidnunc
/ (ˈkwɪdˌnʌŋk) /
a person eager to learn news and scandal; gossipmonger
Origin of quidnunc
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