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quidnunc

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quid⋅nunc

  [kwid-nuhngk]
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–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?
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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 
"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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