| 单词 | anecdote-monger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanecdote-monger anecdote-monger n. depreciative a person who engages in the telling or retelling of anecdotes. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips > one who spreads rumours ear-rounder?1387 tidings-makerc1440 runkera1500 rumourera1616 scatter-storya1670 gazette1703 quidnunc1709 anecdote-monger1761 what-now1890 yenta1923 1761 Crit. Rev. Jan. 62 Anecdote-mongers, and minute critics. 1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 164 The gossiping anecdote-mongers of later Greece. 2006 G. Anderson Greek & Rom. Folklore v. 110 We are in the world of the street-corner anecdote-monger. < as lemmas |
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