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Quidnuncs
plural noun
quid·nuncs | \ ˈkwid-ˌnəŋks \
Definition of quidnuncs:
1. People who seeks to know all the latest news or gossip: BUSYBODY
Source: Merriam-Webster
Did You Know?
What's new? That's a question every busybody wants answered. Latin-speaking Nosey Parkers might have used some version of the expression "quid nunc," literally "what now," to ask the same question. Appropriately, the earliest documented English use of "quidnunc" to refer to a gossiper appeared in 1709 in Sir Richard Steele's famous periodical, The Tatler. Steele is far from the only writer to ply "quidnunc" in his prose, however. You also can find the word among the pages of works by such writers as Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne. But don't think the term is old news - it sees some use in current publications, too.
Examples of quidnunc in a Sentence
[ With the arrival of our other friend, we at last had a quorum of quidnuncs and enough material to while away a long lunch hour.]
• First Known Use of quidnunc
1709, in the meaning defined
• History and Etymology for quidnunc
Latin quid nunc "what now?"
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