单词 | tittle-tattler |
释义 | tittle-tattlern. depreciative. A person who habitually engages in tittle-tattle; a gossip. Cf. tittle-tattle n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips kikelot?c1225 mathelild?c1225 cacklec1230 tutelerc1385 tittererc1400 roukera1425 trattlerc1485 flimmerc1530 tattler1549 chatter1561 gossip1566 gossiper1568 tittle-tattle1571 chatmate1599 fiddle-faddle1602 tittle-tattler1602 confabulator1659 twittle-twat1662 shat1709 prittle-prattle1725 tattle-basket1736 small-talker1762 nash-gab1816 granny1861 windjammer1880 schmoozer1899 scuttlebutt gossip1901 wag-tongue1902 coffee-houser1907 kibitzer1925 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 yacker1959 rapper1967 village gossip1972 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 37 But for anie other secret..they seldome or neuer impart it to these tittle tatlers. 1728 M. Grandison Let. in Lady's Bk. (1830) July 26/1 A court where there are too many needy tittle-tattlers on the scout for treason. 1887 S. Smiles Life & Labour 343 It is better even to have a useless hobby than to be a tittle-tatler and a busybody. 1943 Illustr. London News 13 Mar. 280/1 Mr. Churchill, by falling ill, caused more gloom and despondency in three days among people of this country than all the fifth columnists, Cassandras and tittle-tattlers had done in three years. 2016 @jjlechat 11 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) There's a whole load of tittle tattling going on next door. And no one likes a tittle tattler. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602 |
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