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RUMOUR
rumor, rumour, hearsay
(noun) gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
rumor, rumour, bruit
(verb) tell or spread rumors; “It was rumored that the next president would be a woman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rumour (countable and uncountable, plural rumours)
British, Canadian, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland alternative spelling of rumor
(obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
Verb
rumour (third-person singular simple present rumours, present participle rumouring, simple past and past participle rumoured)
Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor.
Source: Wiktionary
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6 May 2025
HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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