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carrytale

carrytale noun: an indiscreet person who spreads gossip.

Noun

carrytale (plural carrytales)

  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,1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis, lines 655–658

Synonyms of carrytale

Forms of carrytale

pluralcarrytales

Origin of carrytale

From carry + tale.

Questions about carrytale

What does carrytale mean?
Carrytale means an indiscreet person who spreads gossip.
What part of speech is carrytale?
Carrytale is a noun.
What is the plural of carrytale?
The plural of carrytale is carrytales.

Words near carrytale in the dictionary

  1. carryout
  2. carryouts
  3. carryover
  4. carryovers
  5. Carrys
  6. carrytale
  7. carrytales
  8. Carré de l'Est
  9. cars
  10. carsaf
  11. carsafs

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