gossipy
gossipy adjective: prone to gossip.
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
gossipy meaning in Tagalog
gossipy in Tagalog
- prone to gossip
- palatsismis
Forms of gossipy
| comparative | gossipier |
|---|---|
| superlative | gossipiest |
Origin of gossipy
From gossip + -y.
Words formed from gossipy
Questions about gossipy
- What does gossipy mean?
- Gossipy means prone to gossip.
- What is gossipy in Tagalog?
- Gossipy in Tagalog is palatsismis. See Gossipy meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is gossipy?
- Gossipy is an adjective.
Words near gossipy in the dictionary
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