Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act and skills of presenting stories and tales.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of making up stories with the intention of deceiving; telling tales.

Origin

From Middle English tale tellyng; equivalent to tale + telling.

From Middle English tale tellyng; equivalent to tale + telling.

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Forms

plural: taletellings

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtaleteller

See also

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