Quidnunc

Quick meaning: Quidnunc is a noun meaning (archaic) A person eager to learn news and scandal.

Meaning

(archaic) A person eager to learn news and scandal.

Example Sentences

The College Sloven, or embroidered Spark, The purple Prelate, or the parish Clerk, The quiet Quidnunc, or demanding Prig, The plaintiff Tory, or defendant Whig;

[…] but still something was necessary to convince the community at large, to quiet those praying quidnuncs who should come after them--in short, the world must be satisfied.

We all did our duty, which, in the patriot's, soldier's, and gentleman's language, is a very comprehensive word, of great honour, meaning, and import, and of which the generality of idle quidnuncs and coffee-house politicians can hardly form any but a very mean and contemptible idea.

Word Forms

• quidnuncs

Synonyms for quidnunc

Depending on context, synonyms include busybody, buttinsky, gossip, newsmonger, yenta.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include newsmonger, newshawk, quiz, squawker, quibbler, snitcher.

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