
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