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Definition of Talebearing
1. Adjective. Prone to communicate confidential information.
Similar to: Communicative, Communicatory
Derivative terms: Leak
Definition of Talebearing
1. a. Telling tales officiously.
2. n. The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.
Definition of Talebearing
1. Noun. Spreading gossip or rumor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Talebearing
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talebearing
Literary usage of Talebearing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maryland Under the Commonwealth: A Chronicle of the Years 1649-1658 by Bernard Christian Steiner (1911)
"... and talebearing, and the sanctity of the " Sabbath day;"1 these acts, however,
judged by the standard of the times, are not particularly severe. IX. ..."
2. School Discipline by William Chandler Bagley (1914)
"Espionage and talebearing as related to Group Responsibility. — One of the marked
difficulties with all forms of pupil or student self-government that place ..."
3. Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the Pronunciation by John Boag (1848)
"talebearing; more generally, obsequiously flattering; parasitic, courting favour
by mean adulation. ... Mean and officious talebearing or adulation. ..."
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