hearsay
nounEtymology
From Middle English hyere-zigginge (1340), here sey (ca. 1438), from the phrase heren seien (“to hear [people] say”). Compare equally old Middle High German hœrsagen (14th c.), whence modern Hörensagen.
- inherited from hyere-zigginge
Definitions
Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately…
Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
- based on hearsay
- The story turned out to be nothing but hearsay.
Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was…
Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
- dismiss hearsay
- The judge ruled the testimony as mere hearsay.
An out-of-court statement offered in court to prove the truth of the matter asserted (or…
An out-of-court statement offered in court to prove the truth of the matter asserted (or the in-court testimony which recites such a statement), which is normally inadmissible (because it is not subject to cross-examination) unless it falls under one of a number of exceptions.
The neighborhood
- synonymgossip
- synonymreport
- synonymrumor
- neighboras they say
- neighborhear
- neighborhear tell
- neighborso they say
- neighboryou know what they say
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hearsay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA