tattletale \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\noun Etymology:tattle (I) + tale : one that tattles : informer, tattler, telltale < the inescapable odium of the tattletale — Dixon Wecter > < small things like these are often big tattletales about human character — Laura Z. Hobson >