quidnunc的意思

quidnunc

英式音标['kwɪd,nʌŋk]
美式英标['kwɪdnʌŋk]

基本解释

n. 爱说长道短的人；爱打听小道新闻的人

英文词源

quidnunc (n.): "gossip-monger," 1709, formed from Latin quid "what?" (neuter of interrogative pronoun quis "who?;" see who) and nunc "now" (see now), to describe someone forever asking "What's the news?"

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