Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talebearer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tale-bear-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An indiscreet person who spreads gossip or blame.

Example Sentences

""To speak the truth when my lady commands me," answered the prudential major-domo, "is in some measure my duty, Mistress Lilias; always providing for and excepting those cases in which it cannot be spoken without breeding mischief and inconvenience to myself or my fellow-servants; for the tongue of a tale-bearer breaketh bones as well as Jeddart-staff.""
"There is always some thoughtless talebearer ready to gather up the arrows of gossip and thrust them into the quivering heart of the victim."

Etymology

From Middle English taleberer; equivalent to tale + bearer.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: taleberer

Inflected Forms

talebearers (plural) tale bearer (alternative) tale-bearer (alternative)

Synonyms

blabbermouth gossip rumormonger telltale tattletale tattler taleteller

Questions

What does talebearer mean?: An indiscreet person who spreads gossip or blame.
Where does talebearer come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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