Etymograph

English

gossipfest

From gossip + -fest.

Formed from gossip + -fest

Old English godsibb ‘godparent, sponsor’

Middle English godsybbe ‘a close friend or relation, a confidant’

English gossip

Today it means

noun A session of enthusiastic gossip.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gossipfest