carrytale

English

Etymology

carry +‎ tale

Noun

carrytale (plural carrytales)

An indiscreet person who spreads gossip.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis, lines 655–658:
  'This sour informer, this bate-breeding spy, / This canker that eats up Love's tender spring, / This carrytale, dissentious Jealousy, / That sometime true news, sometime false doth bring,

Synonyms

blabbermouth, gossip, rumormonger, talebearer; see also Thesaurus:gossiper

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