Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A talkative, loquacious person; a chatterer; a babbler.
Wiktionary
- n. One who talks a lot, chats or prattles
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Poetic. One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
Etymologies
- Derived from tongue + -ster. Rather from the verb than the noun. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“When he sees his opponent beside him, the tonguester, the artifice-skilled,”
“Hear the plea whereby the tonguester mocks and charms the gazing gaper --”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tonguester’.
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open list: the art of talking
Words that describe people who are identified by a specific variety of speech. This list was inspired by the discussion at anecdotalist.
anecdotalist, conversationalist, fabulist, mythomaniac, speechifier, gaffeur, bullshit artist, preacher, witticist, raconteur, storyteller, liar and 29 more...
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Gossip Column
What's the scuttlebutt? Inspired by an OUP blog post.
clacket, chatterbox, tonguester, prattle-basket, whitter-whatter, gabble, chelp, chirm, tittle-tattle, bribble-babble, snatter, psilology and 35 more...
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Gossiphoning
Psst!--Didja know?
nosy, snoopy, scuttlebutt, talebearing, echo chamber, tabloid, bruit, quidnunc, disinformation, rumor, interloper, meddler and 67 more...
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Speaking in tongues
Tongue words and phrases.
tongue-tied, tongue-lashing, tongue-twister, tongue-in-cheek, forked tongue, tongue-chain, speaking in tongues, gift of tongues, on the tip of one..., tongue-work, tongue-fence, tongue bone and 72 more...
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