Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUIDNUNC

n.[L. what now. ] One who is curious to know every thing that passes; one who knows or pretends to know all occurrences. Quid pro quo, [L.] in law, an equivalent; something given or done for another thing; mutual consideration and performance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUIDNUNC

Quid "nunc, n. Etym: [L., what now ]

 

Defn: One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. "The idle stories of quidnuncs." Motley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quidnunc

quid nunc |ˈkwidˌnəNGk ˈkwɪdnəŋk | ▶noun archaic an inquisitive and gossipy person. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin quid nunc? ‘what now? ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

quidnunc

quidnunc |ˈkwɪdnʌŋk | ▶noun archaic an inquisitive and gossipy person. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Latin quid nunc? ‘what now? ’.