"gossipy" meaning in English

See gossipy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: gossipier [comparative], gossipiest [superlative]
Etymology: gossip + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gossip|y}} gossip + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} gossipy (comparative gossipier, superlative gossipiest)
  1. Prone to gossip. Categories (topical): Talking Translations (prone to gossip): qeybətcil (Azerbaijani), xafarder (Catalan), ĉikanema [archaic] (Esperanto), klaĉema (Esperanto), bajczarski (Polish), plotkarski (Polish), mexeriqueiro (Portuguese), fofoqueiro (Portuguese), cotilla (Spanish), chismoso (Spanish), skvalleraktig (Swedish), skvallrig (Swedish), palatsismis (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gossipy meaning in English (2.5kB)

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