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单词 tittle-tattler
释义

tittle-tattlern.

Brit. /ˌtɪtlˈtatl̩ə/, /ˌtɪtlˈtatlə/, U.S. /ˈtɪd(ə)lˌtædl̩ər/, /ˈtɪd(ə)lˌtætlər/
Forms: see tittle-tattle v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tittle-tattle v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < tittle-tattle v. + -er suffix1.
depreciative.
A person who habitually engages in tittle-tattle; a gossip. Cf. tittle-tattle n. 2.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips
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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).
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