different between gossipmonger vs monger

English

Etymology

gossip +? monger

Noun

gossipmonger (plural gossipmongers)

1. A person who spreads gossip.

Related terms

• newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, monger and its derived terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English mongere, mangere, from Old English mangere (“merchant, trader, dealer”), from Proto-West Germanic *mang?r?, from Latin mang? (“dealer, trader”), perhaps from Ancient Greek ???????? (mánganon, “contrivance, means of enchantment”), from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (“to embellish, dress, trim”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??.??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??.???/, /?m??.???/
• Rhymes: -????(?)

Noun

monger (plural mongers)

1. (chiefly in combination) A dealer in a specific commodity.

   costermonger, fishmonger, ironmonger

   • 2005, Los Angeles Magazine (volume 50, number 11, page 111)

     For the freshest wild catch, ask your monger when the fish are running.

2. (in combination) A person promoting something undesirable.

   warmonger, sleazemonger, scaremonger

3. A small sea vessel.
   • 1790, Wilson Lt. Robert (RN), The Seaman's Manual

     monger: a small sea-vessel used by fishermen.

4. Clipping of whoremonger.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

monger (third-person singular simple present mongers, present participle mongering, simple past and past participle mongered)

1. (transitive, Britain) To sell or peddle something
2. (transitive) To promote something undesirable.

Translations

Anagrams

• morgen