carrytale

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

carrytale

Where it comes from

From carry + tale.

noun carrytales

An indiscreet person who spreads gossip. '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,
Similar: blabbermouth, gossip, rumormonger, talebearer

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"carrytale." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carrytale. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

carrytale. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carrytale

Chicago

"carrytale." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carrytale.

BibTeX

@misc{carrytale_2026,
  title = {carrytale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carrytale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}