## Meanings
1. Talk or rumours about other people's private lives, often unkind or untrue.
2. A person who enjoys talking about other people's private business.

## Examples
- According to the latest gossip, their relationship is over.
- Be careful what you tell him; he's a terrible gossip.

## Synonyms
- blab
- cag
- chelp
- clepe
- dish
- jaunder
- labrish
- talk
- tattle
- tittle-tattle

## Derived Forms
- cybergossip
- gossip-prone
- gossipee
- gossiper
- gossipfest
- gossipful
- gossiphood
- gossipish
- gossipless
- gossiplike
- gossiply
- gossipred

## Related Forms
- gossiper
- prattle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: godsybbe
- Root: godsibb

## Etymology
From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.

## AI Etymology
Gossip comes from Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main senses are “Talk or rumours about other people's private lives, often unkind or untrue” and “A person who enjoys talking about other people's private business”.

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