About The Word Hearsay

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Hearsay

Hearsay Meaning & Definition
Hearsay Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hearsay?

[n] gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
[adj] heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hearsay: indirect | rumor | rumour

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See Also | comment | gossip | scuttlebutt

Hearsay In Webster's Dictionary

\Hear"say`\, n. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another. Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation. --Prof. Wilson. {Hearsay evidence} (Law), that species of testimony which consists in a a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony. --Abbott.

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