Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talebearing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tale-bear-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The spreading of gossip or rumor.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"waiting to be in her presence to burst into the tears with which he delivered endless, and sometimes even untrue, talebearings"
"The damage done by calumny, detraction, and talebearing can frequently not be repaired."
"By talebearing, a person may actually violate seventeen negative Biblical precepts, fourteen positive precepts and incur three curses"

Etymology

From tale + bearing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

talebearings (plural)

Synonyms

rumormongering talemongering telling tales blabbermouthed leaky tattling

Questions

What does talebearing mean?: The spreading of gossip or rumor.
Where does talebearing come from?: From tale + bearing.

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