backbitern.

Brit.

/ˈbakˌbʌɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈbækˌbaɪdər/

Forms: see the verb.

Etymology: < backbite v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who backbites; a slanderer or secret calumniator.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > secret slander or calumny > one who

backbiter?c1225

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 69 Bacbiteres þet biteð bi hinden bac oðre.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋422 The bacbiter wol torne al thilke goodnes up-so-doun.

1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 21/2 Bakke~bytere, Detractor.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xi^v Bacbyters whiche goode lyuers dyffame.

1627 Speech without Doors in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 492 Diogenes being asked what beast bit sorest, answered, Of wilde beasts, the Back-biter; of tame, the Flatterer.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 136 Face-flatterers and backbiters are the same.

b. (wordplay): A biter, or striker, on the back.

ΚΠ

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D3^v Sword thou wast neuer a back-biter yet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	backbiter
释义	backbitern. Brit. /ˈbakˌbʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈbækˌbaɪdər/ Forms: see the verb. Etymology: < backbite v. + -er suffix¹. a. One who backbites; a slanderer or secret calumniator. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > secret slander or calumny > one who backbiter?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 69 Bacbiteres þet biteð bi hinden bac oðre. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋422 The bacbiter wol torne al thilke goodnes up-so-doun. 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 21/2 Bakke~bytere, Detractor. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xi^v Bacbyters whiche goode lyuers dyffame. 1627 Speech without Doors in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 492 Diogenes being asked what beast bit sorest, answered, Of wilde beasts, the Back-biter; of tame, the Flatterer. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 136 Face-flatterers and backbiters are the same. b. (wordplay): A biter, or striker, on the back. ΚΠ 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D3^v Sword thou wast neuer a back-biter yet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?c1225
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