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quidnunc (n.)
[quidnunc 词源字典]
"gossip-monger," 1709, formed from Latin
quid
"what?" (neuter of interrogative pronoun
quis
"who?;" see
who
) and
nunc
"now" (see
now
), to describe someone forever asking "What's the news?"
[quidnunc etymology, quidnunc origin, 英语词源]