scanmag

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noun

Slander; gossip.

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Meanings

nounscanmag (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteslanguncountableSlander; gossip.

    That liberal lady laughed at all the scanmag; not that she was averse from listening to it, she rather liked to hear it than otherwise.

    1876, Belgravia, volume 28, page 103

Origin

From scandalum magnatum.

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APA

scanmag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scanmag

MLA

“scanmag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scanmag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scanmag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scanmag.

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