gossipee
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gossipee (plural gossipees)
- One who is gossiped about.
- 2017, Fareed Hameed Al-Hindawi, Musaab Al-Khazaali, Linguistic Analysis of Literary Data, page 180:
- The gossiper, Emma wishes to control her receiver's of gossip (Harriet) opinion about Emma's marriage through setting Miss Bates, the gossipee, as a bad example to be followed in pursuing a dream of marriage.