gossipy
adjective
gossipy is an adjective meaning “Prone to gossip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-O-S-S-I-P-Y and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does gossipy mean?
adjective
- 1
Prone to gossip.
- 2
Containing much gossip.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce gossipy?
Gossipy has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of gossipy
- gossipier comparative
- gossipiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is gossipy?
Gossipy appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Gossipy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense prone to gossip:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | mexeriqueiro, fofoqueiro |
| Spanish | cotilla, chismoso |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gossipy come from?
From gossip + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).