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- Middle English · inherited frombakbitere
- English todaybackbiter
From Middle English bakbitere, bakbytere, bacbitere, equivalent to backbite + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
backbiter
Today it means: A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing. Full definition →
Middle English bakbitere