titivil

English

Alternative forms

titifil

Etymology

From Titivillus, a demon said to introduce errors into the work of scribes. Used in medieval mystery plays, from which it entered common usage.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɪtɪvɪl/

Noun

titivil (plural titivils)

(obsolete) A mischievous gossip or a troublemaker.
- 1546, Heywood, John, The Proverbs of John Heywood‎, London: George Bell and Sons, published 1874, page 40:
  There is no moe such titifyls in Englandes ground, / To hold with the hare and run with the hound.
- 1548, Hall, Edward, “The Trobleous Season of Kyng Henry the Sixt”, in Hall's Chronicle‎, London: J. Johnson, et al., published 1809, page 173:
  For the deuill hymself, to set farther diuision betwene the Englishe and Frenche nacion did apparell certain catchepoules, and Parasites, cōmonly called titiuils and tale tellers, to sowe discord and dissencion, betwene the dukes of Bedford and Burgoyne […]

Synonyms

(gossip): rumourmonger, talebearer; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
(troublemaker): knave, scoundrel; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker

References

Farmer, John Stephen (1904) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 7, page 138

单词	titivil
释义	titivil English Alternative forms titifil Etymology From Titivillus, a demon said to introduce errors into the work of scribes. Used in medieval mystery plays, from which it entered common usage. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈtɪtɪvɪl/ Noun titivil (plural titivils) (obsolete) A mischievous gossip or a troublemaker. 1546, Heywood, John, The Proverbs of John Heywood‎, London: George Bell and Sons, published 1874, page 40: There is no moe such titifyls in Englandes ground, / To hold with the hare and run with the hound. 1548, Hall, Edward, “The Trobleous Season of Kyng Henry the Sixt”, in Hall's Chronicle‎, London: J. Johnson, et al., published 1809, page 173: For the deuill hymself, to set farther diuision betwene the Englishe and Frenche nacion did apparell certain catchepoules, and Parasites, cōmonly called titiuils and tale tellers, to sowe discord and dissencion, betwene the dukes of Bedford and Burgoyne […] Synonyms (gossip): rumourmonger, talebearer; see also Thesaurus:gossiper (troublemaker): knave, scoundrel; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker References Farmer, John Stephen (1904) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 7, page 138
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