gossipee

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noun

One who is gossiped about.

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Meanings

noungossipee (plural gossipees)

plural gossipees

  1. One who is gossiped about.

    The gossiper, Emma wishes to control her receiver's of gossip (Harriet) opinion about Emma's marriage through setting Miss Bates, the gossipee, as a bad example to be followed in pursuing a dream of marriage.

    2017, Fareed Hameed Al-Hindawi, Musaab Al-Khazaali, Linguistic Analysis of Literary Data, page 180

Origin

From gossip + -ee.

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APA

gossipee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossipee

MLA

“gossipee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossipee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gossipee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossipee.

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