what-nown.
= quidnunc n.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips > one who spreads rumours
ear-rounder?1387
tidings-makerc1440
runkera1500
rumourera1616
scatter-storya1670
gazette1703
quidnunc1709
anecdote-monger1761
what-now1890
yenta1923
1890 C. Martyn Wendell Phillips 236 The wits of the pot-house and the what-nows of society were..mightily amused.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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