Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talebear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tale-bear
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tell or spread tales.

Example Sentences

"So I write that of course there were others, as if it were so natural to talebear that my gossipy betrayal was inevitable, customary, doubtless witty, even right."

Etymology

Back-formation from talebearer.

Inflected Forms

talebears (present, singular) talebearing (participle, present) talebore (past) taleborne (participle, past)

Questions

What does talebear mean?: To tell or spread tales.
Where does talebear come from?: Back-formation from talebearer.

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