quidnunc

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUID'NUNC, noun [Latin what now.] One who is curious to know every thing that passes; one who knows or pretends to know all occurrences. Quid pro quo, [Latin] in law, an equivalent; something given or done for another thing; mutual consideration and performance.
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