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quidnuncs

quidnuncs is the plural of quidnunc.

Meaning of quidnunc

Noun

quidnunc (plural quidnuncs)

  1. (archaic) A person eager to learn news and scandal.
    • The College Sloven, or embroidered Spark,
      The purple Prelate, or the parish Clerk,
      The quiet Quidnunc, or demanding Prig,
      The plaintiff Tory, or defendant Whig;1730, Edward Young, “Epistle I.”, in Two Epistles to Mr. Pope, Concerning the Authors of the Age

Questions about quidnuncs

What is quidnuncs the plural of?
Quidnuncs is the plural of quidnunc.

Words near quidnuncs in the dictionary

  1. Quidenham
  2. quidlet
  3. quidlets
  4. quidnunc
  5. quidnuncery
  6. quidnuncs
  7. quidnunctious
  8. Quidong
  9. quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
  10. quids
  11. quids in

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