"taletelling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: taletellings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English tale tellyng; equivalent to tale + telling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tale tellyng}} Middle English tale tellyng, {{compound|en|tale|telling}} tale + telling Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} taletelling (countable and uncountable, plural taletellings)
  1. The act and skills of presenting stories and tales. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-taletelling-en-noun-YuJMMK43
  2. The act of making up stories with the intention of deceiving; telling tales. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-taletelling-en-noun-W4L-5WbA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tale-telling Related terms: taleteller

Inflected forms

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