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▪ I. tittler1 Now dial.|ˈtɪtlə(r)| Forms: 4–5 titeler, tituler, 5 titler, (Sc. titlar, tittillar); 9 dial. tittler. [f. tittle v.1 + -er1.] One who ‘tittles’ or tattles; a whisperer, tell-tale, gossip.
1399Langl. Rich. Redeles iv. 57 Somme were tituleris and to þe kyng wente, And fformed him of foos þat good ffrendis weren. 14..Titeleris [see quot. 1377 s.v. titterer2]. 1463Paston Lett. II. 133 Prevy titlers and flaterers. c1470Henryson Poems (S.T.S.) III. 139 (title) Aganis haisty credence of titlaris. Ibid. 21 The tittillaris [v.r. tutelar] so in his eir [MS. heir] can [= gan] roun. 1904Eng. Dial. Dict. (Warwicks.), Tittler, a babbler, a tell-tale. ▪ II. tittler2 a tickler: see tittle v.2 |