Word of the Day 07/12/23 Quidnunc
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Quidnunc (noun)
quidnunc [ kwid-nuhngk ]
noun
1. a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.
WORDS RELATED TO QUIDNUNC
busybody, gossip, rumor monger
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/quidnunc
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1700–10, quidnunc is from Latin quid nunc “what now?”
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.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R) | VARIOUS
The rest can wait until you tell me what new quidnunc tale was invented to lure you here.
PEGGY OWEN AT YORKTOWN | LUCY FOSTER MADISON
He even becomes a quidnunc, prying now and then into the personal affairs of his superiors.
THE BOOK OF KHALID | AMEEN RIHANI
Beside the quidnunc and the party politician, another class of reader now appeared demanding aliment in the press.
ADDISON | WILLIAM JOHN COURTHOPE
This 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
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
quidnunc [ kwid-nuhngk ]
noun
1. a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.
WORDS RELATED TO QUIDNUNC
busybody, gossip, rumor monger
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/quidnunc
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1700–10, quidnunc is from Latin quid nunc “what now?”
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.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R) | VARIOUS
The rest can wait until you tell me what new quidnunc tale was invented to lure you here.
PEGGY OWEN AT YORKTOWN | LUCY FOSTER MADISON
He even becomes a quidnunc, prying now and then into the personal affairs of his superiors.
THE BOOK OF KHALID | AMEEN RIHANI
Beside the quidnunc and the party politician, another class of reader now appeared demanding aliment in the press.
ADDISON | WILLIAM JOHN COURTHOPE
This 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
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.