rumour

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   British, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.

   Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide.

2. 2
   noun

   A prolonged, indistinct noise.

   Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.

3. 3
   verb

   Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor.

   Two of the four main routes over the Border were rumoured to be threatened with withdrawal of, or heavy cuts in, passenger services.

4. 4
   noun

   gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

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

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