blabtongue
blabtongue noun: an informant.
Noun
blabtongue (plural blabtongues)
- An informant.
- Much like a Curre (ſaid I) nay not so wiſe; / For why I know my griefes vnhappie ground, / I ſee the roote from whence my paſſions riſe, / And view the lure, that did my life confound: / O blab-tongue Tantalus, why doſt not eate? / Fondling, t'is I must pine in ſight of meate.1600, Rev. Samuel Nicholson, edited by Rev. Alexander B. Grosart, Acolastus: His After-Witte, published 1876, page 14, lines 229–234
- Report, the blab-tongue of those tell-tale times, / That rather magnifies than lessens crimes,1683, John Chalkhill, Thealma and Clearchus, Chiswick: C. Wittingham, published 1820, page 28
- Synonyms:
- blabtale
- A gossip.
- Unleſs perhaps ſome unſociable rattling Diſturber or other falls in among 'em and breaks thro' all the Rules of good Breeding and Diſcretion; whoſe Company is a Peſt, and carries Infection about with it; whoſe ungovernable Blab Tongue is able to put a whole Pariſh into a blazing; to turn all the...1718, The Entertainer, London: Nathaniel Mist, page 37
- Synonyms:
- blabtale
Synonyms of blabtongue
Forms of blabtongue
| plural | blabtongues |
|---|---|
| alternative form | blab-tongue |
Origin of blabtongue
From blab + tongue.
Questions about blabtongue
- What does blabtongue mean?
- Blabtongue means an informant.
- What part of speech is blabtongue?
- Blabtongue is a noun.
- What is the plural of blabtongue?
- The plural of blabtongue is blabtongues.
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