Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A talkative, loquacious person; a chatterer; a babbler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Poetic. One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who talks a lot, chats or prattles
Etymologies
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Derived from tongue + -ster. Rather from the verb than the noun.
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Examples
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When he sees his opponent beside him, the tonguester, the artifice-skilled,
The Frogs 2000
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When he sees his opponent beside him, the tonguester, the artifice-skilled,
The Frogs 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Hear the plea whereby the tonguester mocks and charms the gazing gaper --
A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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