rumor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of information that people pass around even though no one knows if it is true.

   There's a rumor going around that they are going to get married.

2. 2
   verb

   To spread an unconfirmed story about someone or something.

   He is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

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