derogatory. Chiefly in forms without Latin ending (see β forms) and with lower-case initial. A person who gossips, spreads rumours, or tells tales…
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释义 | society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer > malicious (4) Tutivillus1523 derogatory. Chiefly in forms without Latin ending (see β forms) and with lower-case initial. A person who gossips, spreads rumours, or tells tales… sycophant1548 transferred and figurative. An informer, tale-bearer, malicious accuser; a calumniator, traducer, slanderer. Obsolete. tutiviller1568 A wicked, destructive, or difficult person; (also) a person who gossips or tells tales; a tattler. Cf. Tutivillus, n. 2. vent-giver1611 = venter, n.1 1. |
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