Definition of Backbite

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BACKBITE verb, transitive

	To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

BACKBITE:
?bækba?t v.tr. slander; speak badly of. øøbackbiter n.

Last updated: 9/3/2011 12:48:30