taletelling
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taletelling — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Inclined to gossip: blabby, gossipy, talebearing. See WORDS … English dictionary for students
taletelling — n. act of telling stories, narrating … English contemporary dictionary
taleteller — taletelling, adj., n. /tayl tel euhr/, n. 1. a telltale; talebearer. 2. a person who tells falsehoods. 3. a person who tells tales or stories; narrator. [1350 1400; ME; see TALE, TELLER] * * * … Universalium
Parson’s Tale, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1395) CHAUCER’s Parson’s Tale is the final section of The Canterbury Tales, as they are arranged in the two earliest and most important manuscripts of the Tales, the HENGWRT and the ELLESMERE manuscripts. The “tale” … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Tale of Beryn, The — (Second Merchant’s Tale, History of Beryn) (ca. 1410–1420) The Tale of Beryn is a late MIDDLE ENGLISH verse tale that survives in a single mid 15th century manuscript of The CANTERBURY TALES, although it is clearly not the work of CHAUCER. It… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
chitchat — Synonyms and related words: babble, back fence gossip, backchat, beauty parlor chitchat, cackle, chat, chatter, chitter, chitter chatter, clack, cocktail party chitchat, gabble, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, groundless rumor, idle … Moby Thesaurus
gossip — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, a tale bearing animal, account, ace, amigo, associate, babble, babblement, back fence gossip, banter, bavardage, be closeted with, bedfellow, bedmate, bibble babble, blab, blabber, blabbermouth,… … Moby Thesaurus
idle talk — Synonyms and related words: babble, babblement, back fence gossip, bavardage, bibble babble, blab, blabber, blah blah, blather, blether, blethers, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitchat, chitter chatter, clack, clatter, gab, gabble,… … Moby Thesaurus
newsy — Synonyms and related words: accessible, all jaw, approachable, candid, chatty, communicative, conversable, conversational, demonstrative, effusive, expansive, extroverted, flip, fluent, frank, free, free speaking, free spoken, free tongued, front … Moby Thesaurus
story — Synonyms and related words: Clio, Muse of history, account, action, adventures, alibi, allegation, allegory, anagnorisis, anecdotage, anecdote, angle, annals, architectonics, architecture, argument, article, assertion, atmosphere, autobiography,… … Moby Thesaurus
