court gossip
Royal hall chatter
Court gossip is rumor and informal talk circulating among people connected to a royal court or similar elite circle of power.
The term evokes intrigue about monarchs, nobles, and their affairs—who's in favor, who's fallen from grace, who's sleeping with whom.
By extension, it applies to any insider chatter about powerful figures: Washington is full of court gossip about the new administration.
- whispersSpeaks very quietly
- hushed tonesSoft, subdued speech
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- palace intrigueScheming within ruling circles
rumors · idle chatter · nobility · palace · secrets · behind closed doors · scheming · ladies-in-waiting · social climbing · aristocracy · backstabbing · chambermaid · throne · jealousy · affairs · plotting · eavesdropping · salons
court gossiproyal proclamation
Monarch's formal public decree
press release · public record · authorized biography · formal address · official history
court gossipsworn testimony
Oath-bound legal statement
historical record · eyewitness account · primary source · verified account · official history
court gossipstate secrets
Protected government information
classified information · sealed records · privileged communication · privileged information
court, courts, courted, courting, courtly, courtier, courtiers, courtesy, courteous