taletelling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
  2. The act of making up stories with the intention of deceiving; telling tales.

Word forms

taletelling taletellings tale-telling

Etymology

From Middle English tale tellyng; equivalent to tale + telling.

Related words

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