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gossiphood Now rare.|ˈgɒsɪphʊd|
Also † gossiphede.
[f. gossip n. + -hood, -head.]
†a. Spiritual relationship; = gossipred 1.
b. A body of gossips (see gossip n. 3).
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) ii. x. 115 Whan the one or the other ben of lygnage or of ony affynyte, or gossyphede. 1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 56/2 We makes no bones at it to despise & despite God, vnder the name of a gossiphoode. 1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xi. (1879) 463 It would create a sensation among the gossip⁓hood of Stoneborough. |