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quidnunctious en · ADJ

Etymology

From quidnunc + -tious (“full of, prone to”).

Meanings

1. (humorous, rare) Of, pertaining to, or being a quidnunc or the abearance of which: gossiping; cumbrously inquisiturient; irresponsibly rumourmongering.
   • The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds. 1887, Edward Bond Foote, The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems, Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130
   • I guess I'll sit back and let my quidnunctious ear and ubiquitous lens gather news for the coming column. 1978, American Flint Glass Workers' Union - Authors & Publishers, American Flint - Volume 68, page 31
   • 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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