Meaning

1 senses

  1. One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Mark tactfully removed himself from any conversation involving backbiting.

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  2. She does nothing but backbite.

    ruОна только и делает, что злословит. — marafon

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Origin

From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic

From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).

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Forms

plural: backbites

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backB1backacheB1backbonebackcountrybackdrop
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