单词 | small-talker |
释义 | small-talkern. A person who engages in small talk. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips kikelot?c1225 mathelild?c1225 cacklec1230 tutelerc1385 tittererc1400 roukera1425 trattlerc1485 flimmerc1530 tattler1549 chatter1561 gossip1566 gossiper1568 tittle-tattle1571 chatmate1599 fiddle-faddle1602 tittle-tattler1602 confabulator1659 twittle-twat1662 shat1709 prittle-prattle1725 tattle-basket1736 small-talker1762 nash-gab1816 granny1861 windjammer1880 schmoozer1899 scuttlebutt gossip1901 wag-tongue1902 coffee-houser1907 kibitzer1925 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 yacker1959 rapper1967 village gossip1972 1762 London Chron. 17 Apr. 370/3 I have palpably wooed the kindness of the small-talkers, of the small-talk writers, and the small-talking critics, my contemporaries. 1782 G. K. (title) The festival of Wit; or, [the] small talker. 1820 New Monthly Mag. Oct. 399/1 Women are better small-talkers than men; the Irish, as a nation, better than the English; and the French better than either. 1859 Eng. Jrnl. Educ. 1st June 210 Since education has been the burden of so much debate, argument, preaching, lecturing, and writing, the weather has been rather neglected by everyday small-talkers. 1916 Southern Workman Jan. 54 It required a big subject to get him going. He was not a ‘small’ talker. 1998 Chicago Tribune 6 Sept. xiv. 3/4 Like all engaging small-talkers, Owen is engaging even when straying from the subject. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762 |
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