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quidnuncery en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English quidnunc Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English quidnuncery From quidnunc + -ery.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) Behaviour of a quidnunc; irresponsible rumourmongering.
    • The cry so often raised abroad during the crisis of the Dreyfus case, that the military was overriding the civil power, was the veriest quidnuncery. 1901, Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page, The World's Work:
    • Built on hearsay, scandal, and downright fabrications, this volume, a veritable handbook of quidnuncery, is as much a work of fiction... 1968, Frederic Everett Faverty, The Victorian Poets: A Guide to Research: