Definition of "quidnunctious"

quidnunctious

adjective
comparative more quidnunctious, superlative most quidnunctious
1. (rare, humorous) Of, pertaining to, or being a quidnunc or the abearance of which: gossiping; cumbrously inquisiturient; irresponsibly rumourmongering.
  Quotations
  In Chicago, the American Medical Association's quidnunctious Dr. Morris Fishbein doubted the efficacy of the Gandhi suicide technique.
  1946, Time Magazine - U.S. Edition - Volume 49 - Number 18, India: Written in Blood
  The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds.
  1887, Edward Bond Foote, The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems, Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130
  I guess I'll sit back and let my quidnunctious ear and ubiquitous lens gather news for the coming column.
  1978, American Flint Glass Workers' Union - Authors & Publishers, American Flint - Volume 68, page 31

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