Backbite
Pronunciation : Back"bite`
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [2nd back, n., + bite]
Definition : Defn: To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (as absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Back"bite`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To censure or revile the absent. They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. Shak.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913