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carrytale

noun

Etymology

From carry + tale.

  1. derived from *del-✻ — “to reckon, count”
  2. inherited from *talō✻ — “calculation, number”
  3. inherited from *talu✻
  4. inherited from talu — “tale, series, calculation”
  5. inherited from tale
  6. compounded as carrytale — “carry + tale”

Definitions

  1. An indiscreet person who spreads gossip.

    • 'This sour informer, this bate-breeding spy, / This canker that eats up Love's tender spring, / This carrytale, dissentious Jealousy, / That sometime true news, sometime false doth bring,

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