gossipy
うわさ好きな
解説 Definition
うわさ話や他人の私事について話すことが好きな様子を表します。社交の場でしばしば見られる行動や性質です。
Gossipy describes someone who likes talking about other people's private lives and personal news. It can also describe speech or writing that contains a lot of light, personal, or rumor-like talk. The word often has a slightly negative meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
gossip を知っていれば、そのまま「うわさ話をする・広める感じ」で入れられます。語尾 -y は rainy, sleepy のように「〜っぽい」なので、gossipy は「うわさ話っぽい人／雰囲気」。chatty が単におしゃべり好き、nosy が詮索好きなのに対し、gossipy は他人の話題、とくに私事を楽しそうに話すニュアンスです。a gossipy coworker, a gossipy magazine, gossipy conversation のように、人・媒体・会話に広く付くと覚えると定着しやすいです。
If you know `gossip`, `gossipy` is easy. The `-y` ending means "full of that feeling" or "having that quality," like `rainy` or `sleepy`. It helps to compare it with `chatty`: `chatty` is just talkative, but `gossipy` is talkative about other people's private matters.
例文
She has a gossipy nature and loves talking about others.
彼女はゴシップ好きで、他人のことについて話すのが大好きです。
The gossipy columns in the newspaper are always entertaining.
新聞のゴシップ欄はいつも興味深いです。
He's not the type to be gossipy about his colleagues.
彼は同僚についてゴシップをするタイプではありません。
gossipy の類義語・関連語
gossipy の語源・成り立ち Etymology
gossipyの元のgossipは古英語godsibbで、god「洗礼上の」+sibb「親類・縁者」から成る。もとは親しい後見人や身内だった語が、親しい者同士のおしゃべりを経て「うわさ話好き」に傾いた意味変化が面白い。siblingやsibも同根。
Gossipy comes from gossip, which goes back to Old English godsibb, formed from god- and sibb, meaning a relative or close relation. It first referred to a sponsor at baptism or a close family friend. Because such close people often talked intimately together, the word gradually shifted toward the idea of casual talk and then rumor-sharing. Related words from the same root include sibling and sib.
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