gossipryn.
/ˈɡɒsɪpri/ 1. † b. Intimacy. Obsolete. rare.
a. Spiritual relationship: = gossipred n. 1.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [noun] > relation of godparents or child
gossipredc1315
affinity1357
gossipry?1548
gossipship1572
cognationa1575
?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Ddijv [Marriage should be forbidden] neither for vowes vnaduised, nor for popyshe orders, nor yet for anye gossypprye.
1861 G. W. Dasent tr. Story Burnt Njal II. 248 I challenge both these men out of the inquest..for this sake, that one of them is Mord's second cousin by kinship, but the other for gossipry.
1880 Academy 21 Aug. 134 There exist many kinds of gossipry besides the usual form connected with christenings.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > intimacy
privitya1250
nearnessc1485
familiarness1539
inwardness1578
greatnessa1586
privatenessa1586
entireness1599
habitude1612
gossiprya1614
strictnessc1614
mutualitiesa1616
particulara1616
intimity1617
privancy1622
privacy1638
intimacy1641
intimateness1642
familiarity1664
throng1768
closeness1851
close harmony1876
innerliness1888
insociation1893
dearness-
a1614 J. Melville Diary (MS.) 36 (Jam.) All gossiprie gade up between him and my uncle Mr. Andrew.
c. concrete. A relative in general.
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1887 R. Browning Fust & Friends in Parleyings 12 Greet us thy gossipry, cousin and sib!
2.
a. The practice of gossiping; small talk, gossip; also, a gossiping conversation.
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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearing
murmurationc1485
tattling1547
talebearing1571
by-babbling1614
twittinga1643
gossiping1712
gossipry1818
gossipred1828
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping
taling1382
susurrationa1425
trattlinga1425
tittlinga1450
tattlea1529
tittle-tattlea1529
tittle-tattlinga1586
news-making1707
gossiping1712
gossipry1818
gossipred1828
anecdoting1845
calleting1905
hen-cackle1907
1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 199 ‘Well, my dear!’ as we say in Ireland when we enter on a gossipry.
1819 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 89 145 We cannot help being struck with a certain feeling of inanity..of inquiry squandered on the gossipry of the past.
1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 49 362 Any bald disjointed chat—any gossipry—that an accomplished writer may please to descend to.
1876 E. Dowden Poems 50 At evening I went back, Walked past the idle groups at gossipry.
b. Gossiping discourse.
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1865 Sat. Rev. 25 Mar. 348 Girls..are to learn..Greek, to enable them to enjoy..the gossipry of Herodotus.
c. concrete. A body of gossips.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips > group of gossips or chatterers
gossipry1853
gossiphood1856
gossipdom1892
Bandar-log1917
1853 E. B. Browning Lett. 16 May Think kindly of us in the midst of your brilliant London gossipry.
1888 Notes & Queries 11 Aug. 114 The striking circumstances of it were quite sufficient..to convince all the gossipry of Rome that he was poisoned.
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