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Definition of Gossipry
1. n. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
Definition of Gossipry
1. Noun. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy. ¹
2. Noun. Idle talk; gossip. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gossipry
1. the practice of gossiping [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Gossipry
1. 1. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy. 2. Idle talk; gossip. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gossipry
Literary usage of Gossipry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders (1894)
"The reference to gossipry is curious : " Also for the final concord betwixt the
said Sir John and the said Alexander, either of other, faithfully promise ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1846)
"A traveller, to write a readable book, should be essentially given to gossipry.
A stiff stateliness is no where so much out of place. ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1876)
"... and they were bo'-h bound ;; gossipry with a certain man. The busload f;ot
arrested, and was taken awav to pri> ; Now the Gossip was very fond of Cummer ..."
4. The Clan Donald by Angus Macdonald (1896)
"... the same to run for a period of five years.1 The indenture was made at Glenan
in the Taraf, the 7th May, 1520. It seems that the bond of gossipry and ..."
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