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quid⋅nunc
[kwid-nuhngk] 
–noun
| a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody. |
Origin:
1700–10; < L quid nunc what now?
1700–10; < L quid nunc what now?
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| quid·nunc (kwĭd'nŭngk') n. A nosy person; a busybody. [Latin quid nunc?, what now? : quid, what; see kwo- in Indo-European roots + nunc, now; see nu- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Quidnunc
Quid"nunc\, n. [L., what now?] One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. "The idle stories of quidnuncs." --Motley.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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quidnunc
"gossip-monger," 1709, formed from L. quid "what" and nunc "now," to describe someone forever asking "What's the news?"
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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