gossipry
English
editNoun
editgossipry (countable and uncountable, plural gossipries)
- Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
- 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
- nor for popish orders , nor yet for any gossipry
- Idle talk; gossip.
- 1868–1869, Robert Browning, “(please specify the page)”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC:, Chapter V
- [S]uch acts
As I thought just, my wife called cruelty,
Complained of in due form, — convoked no court
Of common gossipry, but took her wrongs […]
- [S]uch acts
References
edit- “gossipry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.