carrytale

English

Etymology

From carry +‎ tale.

Noun

carrytale (plural carrytales)

1. 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