Scatter-story
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who spreads stories. obsolete
"Aelian and some other such scatter-stories as himself, do make more reports of Dogs and Elephants, of Birds and Horses, and some other unreasonable creatures, that they did either compassionate or relieve, if they were able, the miseries of those Masters whom they had long attended[…]"
Example
More examples"Aelian and some other such scatter-stories as himself, do make more reports of Dogs and Elephants, of Birds and Horses, and some other unreasonable creatures, that they did either compassionate or relieve, if they were able, the miseries of those Masters whom they had long attended[…]"
Etymology
From scatter + story.
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