help with definition: quidnunc

["Fillingim, Debra@Jupiter" <FillingimD@BREVARD.K12.FL.US>]

If you are from Canada, especially, you may be able to help.  I am reading
the book Star in the Storm with a reading group.  The book takes place in
Newfoundland and there are several words used that I cannot find the
definition for.

quidnunc is the word I would like to find.  It is a place, I know that, but
that is all I can determine. Some dictionaries say it is a nosy person,
another said it is a tree in Tahiti. It is a shame the info has been so hard
to find as I am running this group like a Literature Circle and vocabulary
is one of the areas we look at.

TIA for your help

Debra Fillingim
Media Specialist
Jupiter Elementary
Palm Bay, Florida
FillingimD@brevard.k12.fl.us

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