quidnuncery

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noun

Behaviour of a quidnunc; irresponsible rumourmongering.

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Meanings

nounquidnuncery (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableBehaviour of a quidnunc; irresponsible rumourmongering.

    Built on hearsay, scandal, and downright fabrications, this volume, a veritable handbook of quidnuncery, is as much a work of fiction...

    1968, Frederic Everett Faverty, The Victorian Poets: A Guide to Research
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    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.

    1901, Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page, The World's Work

Origin

From quidnunc + -ery.

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APA

quidnuncery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quidnuncery

MLA

“quidnuncery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quidnuncery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quidnuncery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quidnuncery.

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