English
Verb
backbiting
- present participle of|backbite
Noun
en-noun
#The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
#*1303, Robert Manning of Brune, Handlyng synne
#*:No custummable bakbytyng God....
#*1862, Anthony Trollope, Orley Farm
#*:Not given to backbiting.
Adjective
en-adj
- A person who slanders or speaks badly of a person without that person's knowledge.
#*1580, Thomas Tusser, A hundreth good pointes of husbandrie
#*:Backbiting talk that flattering blabs know wily how to blenge.
#*1�873, Rhoda Broughton, Nancy
#*:Am I to have a backbiting wife?
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