Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quidnunctious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quid-nunc-tious
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or being a quidnunc or the abearance of which: gossiping; cumbrously inquisiturient; irresponsibly rumourmongering.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"1946, Time Magazine - U.S. Edition - Volume 49 - Number 18, India: Written in Blood In Chicago, the American Medical Association's quidnunctious Dr. Morris Fishbein doubted the efficacy of the Gandhi suicide technique."
"The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds."
"I guess I'll sit back and let my quidnunctious ear and ubiquitous lens gather news for the coming column."

Etymology

From quidnunc + -tious (“full of, prone to”).

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

more quidnunctious (comparative) most quidnunctious (superlative)

Questions

What does quidnunctious mean?: Of, pertaining to, or being a quidnunc or the abearance of which: gossiping; cumbrously inquisiturient; irresponsibly rumourmongering.
Where does quidnunctious come from?: From quidnunc + -tious (“full of, prone to”).

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