Definitions for hearsay

hearsay hear·say

Spelling: [heer-sey]
IPA: /ˈhɪərˌseɪ/

Hearsay is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in hearsay (aaehrsy).

Definitions for hearsay

noun

  1. unverified, unofficial information gained or acquired from another and not part of one's direct knowledge:
  2. an item of idle or unverified information or gossip; rumor:

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by hearsay:

Origin of hearsay

1525-35; orig. in phrase by hear say, translation of Middle French par ouïr dire

Examples for hearsay

As for the other two boys, “all we have is hearsay,” dbcoopa tells The Daily Beast.

“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.

There is no religion in the world that has any other basis than hearsay evidence.

Remember, gentlemen, I speak only from hearsay; of myself I know nothing.

Persevering on hearsay, spun and shifted from every possible angle, the narrator next describes Golovan—a brawny man, with a limp.

He does, however, attempt to dispel some of the myths that have emerged from hearsay and rumor over the last century.

For him it was purely a matter of hearsay which could not in itself cause this emotion.

“As far as I know, it's hearsay,” that person said of the report.

Remember, my dear madam, all I have been telling you reached myself as hearsay.

I had no doubt that the man knew of her being there; but he only knew it by hearsay.

Word Value for hearsay
Scrable

13

Words with friends

11

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