Etymology

backbiting

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Today it means: The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge. Full definition →

Middle English bakbitynge
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backbiting · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited frombakbitynge
  2. English todaybackbiting

From Middle English bakbitynge, bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite + -ing.

backbiting · adjective, verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited frombakbytynge
  2. English todaybackbiting

From Middle English bakbytynge, equivalent to backbite + -ing.

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