Annie
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I loved this one:
Word of the Day for Sunday November 27, 2005
quidnunc \KWID-nuhngk\, noun:
One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who
knows or pretends to know all that is going on; a gossip; a
busybody.
What a treasure-trove to these venerable quidnuncs, could
they have guessed the secret which Hepzibah and Clifford
were carrying along with them!
--Nathaniel Hawthorne, [1]The House of the Seven Gables
Some wretched intrigue which had puzzled two generations of
quidnuncs.
--L. Stephen, Hours in Library
Word of the Day for Sunday November 27, 2005
quidnunc \KWID-nuhngk\, noun:
One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who
knows or pretends to know all that is going on; a gossip; a
busybody.
What a treasure-trove to these venerable quidnuncs, could
they have guessed the secret which Hepzibah and Clifford
were carrying along with them!
--Nathaniel Hawthorne, [1]The House of the Seven Gables
Some wretched intrigue which had puzzled two generations of
quidnuncs.
--L. Stephen, Hours in Library
