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(rare, humorous) Of, pertaining to, or being a quidnunc or the abearance of which: gossiping; cumbrously inquisiturient; irresponsibly rumourmongering..
1946, Time Magazine - U.S. Edition - Volume 49 - Number 18, India: Written in Blood In Chicago, the American Medical Association's quidnunctious Dr. Morris Fishbein doubted the efficacy of the Gandhi suicide technique.
The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds.
I guess I'll sit back and let my quidnunctious ear and ubiquitous lens gather news for the coming column.
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Quidnunctious means (rare, humorous) Of, pertaining to, or being a quidnunc or the abearance of which: gossiping; cumbrously inquisiturient; irresponsibly rumourmongering..
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1946, Time Magazine - U.S. Edition - Volume 49 - Number 18, India: Written in Blood In Chicago, the American Medical Association's quidnunctious Dr. Morris Fishbein doubted the efficacy of the Gandhi suicide technique.
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