quidnuncery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Behaviour of a quidnunc; irresponsible rumourmongering. rare,uncountable
    — The cry so often raised abroad during the crisis of the Dreyfus case, that the military was overriding the civil power, was the veriest quidnuncery.

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Etymology tree
English quidnunc
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English quidnuncery
From quidnunc + -ery.
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