quidnunc

/kwid-nuhngk/US // ˈkwɪdˌnʌŋk //UK // (ˈkwɪdˌnʌŋk) //

戒律,戒酒会,戒酒,戒备心

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody.

nouncurious person

Synonyms

Quidnunc, kwid′nungk, n. one always on the lookout for news: one who pretends to know all occurrences.
The rest can wait until you tell me what new quidnunc tale was invented to lure you here.
He even becomes a quidnunc, prying now and then into the personal affairs of his superiors.
Beside the Quidnunc and the party politician, another class of reader now appeared demanding aliment in the press.
This was concerned with a famous personage whom all knowing London (though I for one had not known it) called Quidnunc.