gossipy

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English gossip Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gossipy From gossip + -y.

1. Prone to gossip.

   “‘Tell me who you saw and what they said,’ she says, in one of her gossipy moods.”

2. Containing much gossip.

   “In examining Capote, Clarke follows the course of the precocious writer's life with painstaking attention to gossipy detail. It's an exhaustive roller coaster of a read, a high-tilt immersion into the social swirl and scandal that accompanied most of Capote's adult life.”