Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: indirect, rumor, rumour

See Also: comment, gossip, scuttlebutt

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