quidnunc是什麽意思

quidnunc

英 ['kwɪdnʌŋk] 美 ['kwɪd,nʌŋk]

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?"