gossipyadj.
/ˈɡɒsɪpi/ Of a literary composition: Characterized by, or full of, gossip. Of a person: Inclined or devoted to gossip.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > rumour > [adjective] > full of or characterized by rumour
rumorous1657
gossipy1818
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > chatty
gossiping1709
gossipy1818
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > gossiping
tittling1565
tittle-tattle1598
gossiping1618
tittle-tattling1720
anecdotical1732
anecdoting1740
anecdotic1791
gossipy1818
talky-talky1831
anecdotive1857
mauvais langue1961
1818 T. Murdoch in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) II. xxii. 67 [It] would soon..sink the journal down to the level of a common gossipy magazine.
1829 Duke of Buckingham Priv. Diary III. ix. 208 Don't like Florence. The Society is confined, but gossipy to a degree.
1865 Spectator 11 Feb. 164 The book, though slight and gossippy, has an interest.
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 83 The old woman's memories were wholly of gossipy family history.
1923 F. M. Ford Let. 20 Jan. (1965) 147 Suppose you write me a nice gossipy letter.
Derivatives
ˈgossipiness n. inclination for gossip.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearing > inclination for
gossipiness1890
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > inclination to gossip
anecdotalism1879
gossipiness1890
1890 Universal Rev. Apr. 604 I don't ask out of mere gossipiness.
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adj.1818