Gazette

noun; verb (transitive)

/ɡəˈzɛt/

An official journal or newspaper, especially one published by a government containing legal notices, appointments, and public announcements; in colonial India, the earliest newspapers were often styled as gazettes.

✍️ Usage in a UPSC answer

Once a candidate's name is notified in the Gazette of India, the appointment acquires legal sanctity, transforming an executive selection into a formally recorded act of the State.

Synonyms

official journalbulletinperiodicalnewspaperregisterrecord

🌱 Word Family

gazette (v), gazetted (adj), gazetteer (n), ungazetted (adj)

🔡 Root

French gazette; Italian gazzetta; Venetian gazeta = small coin (price of the newspaper, 16th-c. Venice)

📜 Etymology

From French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetian gazeta ("a small coin"), named for the price of the newspaper in 16th-century Venice; first attested in English c. 1607.

🧠 Memory Hook

A "gazette" began as a single Venetian coin (the gazeta) you paid to read the news — so picture handing over one small coin to buy the official "news-sheet" of the State.

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