gossiphood Now rare.
(ˈgɒsɪphʊd)
Also † gossiphede.
[f. gossip n. + -hood, -head.]
† a. Spiritual relationship; = gossipred 1. b. A body of gossips (see gossip n. 3).
| 1502 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) ii. x. 115 Whan the one or the other ben of lygnage or of ony affynyte, or gossyphede. 1579 Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 56/2 We makes no bones at it to despise & despite God, vnder the name of a gossiphoode. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xi. (1879) 463 It would create a sensation among the gossip⁓hood of Stoneborough. |