tellee
tellee noun: one who is told something.
Noun
tellee (plural tellees)
- One who is told something.
- This shows that it is just as important to understand the social relationships between the status of the teller, the tellee and the butt of the humour, as it is to understand other language devices used to construct the humour.1998, Alison Ross, The language of humour, page 60
Forms of tellee
| plural | tellees |
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Origin of tellee
From tell + -ee.
Questions about tellee
- What does tellee mean?
- Tellee means one who is told something.
- What part of speech is tellee?
- Tellee is a noun.
- What is the plural of tellee?
- The plural of tellee is tellees.
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