How To Use quidnunc In A Sentence
- I love the word quidnunc, which means one who gossips because it is a word I could use to describe a lot of people who fit the definition and they wouldn't know what I was saying. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
- Many respectable money – lenders would have required "further information" before they would discount his bills; and "clubmen" in general — save, perhaps, those ancient quidnuncs who know everybody, from Adam downwards — had but little acquaintance with him. For the term of his natural life
- The insignificancy of my manners to the rest of the world makes the laughers call me a _quidnunc_, a phrase I shall never inquire what they mean by it. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899
- Attar's work has been an inspiration for artists both classic and modern, not to mention a great jazz record by Dave Holland, and the simurgh inspired a great MonkeyFilter post by the quidnunc kid, which I urge you to visit for many more links, including some gorgeous illustrations and a long and involving Mandean tale about the bird's visit to the noble king Hirmiz Shah. Languagehat.com: SIMURGH.
- Boy, what we are willing to subject ourselves to for our local raconteur (I almost said quidnunc). Is That Legal?: A Quick Game of Twenty(-five) Questions
- There will always be at least one quidnunc keen on telling you that your life lacks purpose.
- Not long after those days, it so happening that some considerable amount of youthful energy and quidnunc ability were required to set litigation afloat at Hong Kong, Mr Romer was sent thither as the fittest man for such work, with rich assurance of future guerdon. Doctor Thorne
- Via MeFi, where the quidnunc kid gets the prize for best answer. Myfavoriteword.com « Gerry Canavan
- The insignificancy of my manners to the rest of the world makes the laughers call me a _quidnunc_, a phrase I shall never inquire what they mean by it. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899
- Isaac Asimov is the original quidnunc, your guide as you probe space against Reagan's Star Wars, though Isaac Asimov is not actually there. Archive 2004-07-01