evil-speaking
nounEtymology
From Middle English *ivel-spekynge (suggested by Middle English yvelspeker, yvel speker, ivel spekare (“evil-speaker”)), equivalent to evil (noun) + speaking (noun).
- inherited from *ivel-spekynge✻
Definitions
The act of speaking ill or maliciously of something or someone
The act of speaking ill or maliciously of something or someone; blasphemy, slander; gossip.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for evil-speaking. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA