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Latin
Etymology
From sermō, sermōnis + -culus.
Noun
sermunculus m (genitive sermunculī); second declension (Diminutive of: sermō)
- rumour
- tittle-tattle
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “sermunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sermunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sermunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.