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rumoritis

rumoritis noun: a tendency to spread rumors.

Noun

rumoritis (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) A tendency to spread rumors.

Origin of rumoritis

From rumor + -itis.

Questions about rumoritis

What does rumoritis mean?
Rumoritis means a tendency to spread rumors.
What part of speech is rumoritis?
Rumoritis is a noun.

Words near rumoritis in the dictionary

  1. rumoredly
  2. rumorer
  3. rumorers
  4. Rumores
  5. rumoring
  6. rumoritis
  7. rumormonger
  8. rumormongered
  9. rumormongering
  10. rumormongers
  11. rumorology

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