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Definition of Tattling
1. Adjective. Prone to communicate confidential information.
Similar to: Communicative, Communicatory
Derivative terms: Leak
Definition of Tattling
1. a. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.
Definition of Tattling
1. Verb. (present participle of tattle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tattling
1. tattle [v] - See also: tattle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tattling
Literary usage of Tattling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... No praise my mind, nor envy hurts my ear, Ev'n fame itself can hardly reach
me here; Impertinence, with all her tattling train, Fair-sounding ..."
2. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... No praise my mind, nor envy hurts my ear, Ev'n fame itself can hardly reach
me here , Impertinence, with all her tattling train, Fair-sounding ..."
3. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"... however, and it is said that his death (November i7th, 1773) was hastened by
his abnormal sensitiveness. ON GOSSIP AND tattling Mt.au) ..."
4. Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society by Max O'Rell, Jack Allyn (1889)
"tattling or Calumny ? ' HE New England descendants of the Puritans have inherited
a more than British prudery. Charles Dickens speaks, in his A meri- can ..."
5. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1825)
"Notwithstanding all this, the tale of that tattling girl faltered upon Panj may
in very deed, with great reason, be added to this fable; for by her are ..."
6. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"ON GOSSIP AND tattling — Greek Proverb. "Far from my table be the telltale guest."
IT HAS been remarked that men are generally kind in proportion as they ..."
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