n. 风闻

Hearsay \Hear"say`\ (h[=e]r"s[=a]`), n.
Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from
another.

Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the
memory of our great national poet originated in
frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation.
--Prof.
Wilson.

{Hearsay evidence} (Law), that species of testimony which
consists in a narration by one person of matters told him
by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as
testimony. --Abbott.