Definitions for quidnuncs

quidnuncs quid·nunc

Spelling: [kwid-nuhngk]
IPA: /ˈkwɪdˌnʌŋk/

Quidnuncs is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in quidnuncs (cdinnqsuu).

Definitions for quidnuncs

noun

  1. a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.

Origin of quidnuncs

First recorded in 1700-10, quidnunc is from the Latin word quid nunc what now?

Examples for quidnuncs

I have not personally come across any other cases where a male fairy took upon him the burden of a man than that of quidnunc.

quidnunc, kwid′nungk, n. one always on the lookout for news: one who pretends to know all occurrences.

I went my way home and to bed, but was not done with quidnunc.

If quidnunc and Mrs. Ventris were not under our law, neither are the sun, moon and stars, neither are the apes and peacocks.

They call him quidnunc—Mister quidnunc, too, and don't you forget it.

Even there I have never been satisfied that quidnunc became man to the extent that Mrs. Ventris did.

He even becomes a quidnunc, prying now and then into the personal affairs of his superiors.

quidnunc, no doubt, was the father of Lady Emily's children; but were those children human?

Beside the quidnunc and the party politician, another class of reader now appeared demanding aliment in the press.

Word Value for quidnuncs
Scrable

20

Words with friends

25

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