"quidnunctious" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more quidnunctious [comparative], most quidnunctious [superlative]
Etymology: From quidnunc. Head templates: {{en-adj}} quidnunctious (comparative more quidnunctious, superlative most quidnunctious)
  1. (rare, humorous) Of, pertaining to, or being a quidnunc or the abearance of which: gossiping; cumbrously inquisiturient; irresponsibly rumourmongering. Tags: humorous, rare
    Sense id: en-quidnunctious-en-adj-XATAEtoE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "1946, Time Magazine - U.S. Edition - Volume 49 - Number 18, India: Written in Blood\nIn Chicago, the American Medical Association's quidnunctious Dr. Morris Fishbein doubted the efficacy of the Gandhi suicide technique."
        },
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          "ref": "1887, Edward Bond Foote, The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems, Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130",
          "text": "The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds."
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          "ref": "1978, American Flint Glass Workers' Union - Authors & Publishers, American Flint - Volume 68, page 31",
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