gossip

VERB:

1. (intr) to talk idly, especially about the affairs of others; go about tattling.

2. (intr often foll by about) to talk casually or maliciously (about other people).

3. to relate gossip.

Chiefly British Dialect: 

(tr) to stand godparent to.

archaic: 

(tr) to repeat like a gossip.

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Origin:

First recorded before 1050; Middle English gossib, godsib(be), Old English godsibb, originally “godparent,” equivalent to god + sibb “related”; see origin at god, sib. British dictionary: Old English godsibb godparent, from god + sib; the term came to be applied to familiar friends, esp a woman's female friends at the birth of a child, hence a person, esp a woman, fond of light talk. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use of gossip: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: 1627. History and Etymology for gossip: Noun and Verb: Middle English gossib, from Old English godsibb, from god god + sibb kinsman, from sibb related — more at sib. —Merriam-Webster.

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Added: 4 September 2020 {1:58 PM}