Word of the Day: LONG-TONGUED


ETYMOLOGY
from long + tongued


EXAMPLE
“…And tyme hathe this one vngracious propertee,
   to blab at length open all that he doothe see.
   Than a daughter eke he hath called veritee,
   As vnhappie a longtounged girle as can bee.
   she bringeth all to light, some she bring[eth] to shame,
   she careth not a grote what manne hathe thanke or blame.
   yf men be praise worthie she dothe so declare them
   And if otherwyse in faithe she dothe not spare them
…”

From: Respublica: an interlude for Christmas
Attributed to Nicholas Udall, 1553

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