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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 .
verb
- (present participle of, backbite)
adjective
- 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 wife?
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