tattlesome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by tattling.
Example Sentences
- "The apparition frightened her, and she had dropped the plate. Newt thought of Priscilla as most boys his age thought of older sisters—meddlesome, tattlesome, scary, curious and unsociable."
- "Now, before my reader believes that Arwen was being tattlesome, you must understand that very often things - most times bones - were broken when the twins fought, and Arwen was under strict orders to report any such offenses while they were still young."
Etymology
Etymology tree English tattle Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English tattlesome From tattle + -some.
Inflected Forms
more tattlesome (comparative)
most tattlesome (superlative)