telling-to
English
noun
Definitions
- (informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture.
Etymology
Compound from English telling (past participle of tell) + English to (apart, intensively, severely).
Origin
English
to
Gloss
apart, intensively, severely
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- go-to English
- hand-to-mouth English
- hitherto English
- how-to English
- into English
- onto English
- storytelling English
- taletelling English
- telling English
- tellingly English
- tellingness English
- thereto English
- thitherto English
- to English
- to've English
- to-be English
- to-bread English
- to-come English
- to-do English
- to-draw English
- tocome English
- toward English
- truthtelling English
- unto English
- untoward English
- uptodate English
- whereto English
- to Middle English