gossipier
gossipier is the comparative form of gossipy.
Meaning of gossipy
Adjective
gossipy (comparative gossipier, superlative gossipiest)
- Prone to gossip.
- ‘Tell me who you saw and what they said,’ she says, in one of her gossipy moods.2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 414
- Containing much gossip.
- In examining Capote, Clarke follows the course of the precocious writer's life with painstaking attention to gossipy detail. It's an exhaustive roller coaster of a read, a high-tilt immersion into the social swirl and scandal that accompanied most of Capote's adult life.1988 December 11, Elizabeth Pincus, “Truman Capote: The Gossip, The Dirt”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 7
Questions about gossipier
- What is gossipier the comparative form of?
- Gossipier is the comparative form of gossipy.
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