gazette

Meanings

Noun

• A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; especially, the official journal published by the British government, containing legal and state notices.

Verb

• To publish in a gazette.
• To announce the status of in an official gazette. This pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.

Origin

• 1605; borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetian gazeta, from gazeta dele novità, named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper. Compare penny dreadful, dime novel. See gazzetta for more.