backbite

v. புறங்கூறு,

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Back"bite`, v. i. Etym: [2nd back, n., + bite] Defn: To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (as absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser. Back"bite`, v. i. Defn: To censure or revile the absent. They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. Shak.

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