| 单词 | quidnunc |
| 释义 | quidnunc (once / 50946 pages) n If you love to spread the latest gossip, you're a quidnunc. The neighborhood quidnunc is the person who seems to always know everyone's business. Quidnunc is archaic — it's hardly ever used these days. It's too bad, because it's a fun way to describe a busybody or rumormonger. You can call your nosy friend a quidnunc, or tell your dad, "Don't be such a quidnunc!" when he snoops in your room. Quidnunc was coined in the 1700s, combining the Latin words quid, "what," and nunc, "now," and mimicking someone who might constantly ask, "What's happening now?" or "What's the news?" WORD FAMILYquidnunc: quidnuncs USAGE EXAMPLESIt was then sold in convenient pennyworths;—hence coffee-houses where wits, quidnuncs, and idlers resorted, were called “penny universities.” Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon), Curiosities of Medical Experience(2012) London had been bewildered, and its literary quidnuncs utterly puzzled, when such a story first came forth inscribed with an unknown name. Reid, T. Wemyss, Charlotte Bront?—A Monograph(2011) Alas! capricious fate that governs these things turned my sweet, unconscious Ellen to one forever on the alert for the appearance of this long-legged quidnunc. Vorse, Mary Heaton, The Heart's Country(2011) n a person who meddles in the affairs of others Syn|Hyper busybody, nosey-parker, nosy-parker meddler an officious annoying person who interferes with others |
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