| Pronunciation: | | 'roomur
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| Matching Terms: | | rumohra, rumohra adiantiformis, rumored, rumorer, rumormonger, rumorous, rumour, rumourmonger
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- [n] gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- [v] tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
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| | Synonyms: | | bruit, hearsay, rumour, rumour |
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| | See Also: | | comment, gossip, gossip, scuttlebutt |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare,
rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also {rumour}.]
1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
fame; notoriety.
This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea,
and throughout all the region round about. --Luke
vii. 17.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak.
2. A current story passing from one person to another,
without any known authority for its truth; -- in this
sense often personified.
Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion,
all embroiled. --Milton.
3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Ru"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rumored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rumoring}.]
To report by rumor; to tell.
'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel.
--Dryden.
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