| slovo | definícia |
rumour
(mass) | rumour
- povesť |
rumour
(encz) | rumour,dohady Zdeněk Brož |
rumour
(encz) | rumour,fáma n: Zdeněk Brož |
rumour
(encz) | rumour,pověst n: Zdeněk Brož |
rumour
(encz) | rumour,šeptanda Zdeněk Brož |
rumour
(encz) | rumour,věhlas n: |
rumour
(encz) | rumour,zvěst n: Zdeněk Brož |
rumour
(gcide) | Rumor \Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare,
rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also rumour.]
1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
fame; notoriety.
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This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea,
and throughout all the region round about. --Luke
vii. 17.
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Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak.
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2. A current story passing from one person to another,
without any known authority for its truth; -- in this
sense often personified.
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Rumor next, and Chance,
And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled. --Milton.
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3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.
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rumour
(wn) | rumour
n 1: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
around by word of mouth [syn: rumor, rumour, hearsay]
v 1: tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next
president would be a woman" [syn: rumor, rumour,
bruit] |
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rumour-mongering
(encz) | rumour-mongering,šeptanda n: Zdeněk Brož |
rumoured
(encz) | rumoured,rozhlašovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rumourmonger
(encz) | rumourmonger, n: |
rumours
(encz) | rumours,fámy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožrumours,pověsti n: Zdeněk Brožrumours,zvěsti n: Zdeněk Brož |
rumourmonger
(wn) | rumourmonger
n 1: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper,
gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger,
newsmonger] |
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