quidnunc

英 ['kwɪdnʌŋk] 美['kwɪd,nʌŋk]
  • n. 爱说长道短的人;爱打听小道新闻的人

英文词源


quidnunc (n.)
"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?"