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backbitings

backbitings is the plural of backbiting.

Meaning of backbiting

Noun

backbiting (countable and uncountable, plural backbitings)

  1. The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
    • […]ending his epistle by saying, "that his uncle having doubtless lent his ear to some old woman's tales and backbiting, he did not choose to place his property in the hands of a spendthrift,[…]1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter V, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 49

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Questions about backbitings

What is backbitings the plural of?
Backbitings is the plural of backbiting.

Words near backbitings in the dictionary

  1. backbiter
  2. backbiters
  3. backbites
  4. backbiting
  5. backbitingly
  6. backbitings
  7. backbitten
  8. backblast
  9. backblasts
  10. backblock
  11. backblocks

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