▪ I. tittler1 Now dial.
(ˈtɪtlə(r))
Forms: 4–5 titeler, tituler, 5 titler, (Sc. titlar, tittillar); 9 dial. tittler.
[f. tittle v.1 + -er1.]
One who ‘tittles’ or tattles; a whisperer, tell-tale, gossip.
| 1399 Langl. Rich. Redeles iv. 57 Somme were tituleris and to þe kyng wente, And fformed him of foos þat good ffrendis weren. 14.. Titeleris [see quot. 1377 s.v. titterer2]. 1463 Paston Lett. II. 133 Prevy titlers and flaterers. c 1470 Henryson Poems (S.T.S.) III. 139 (title) Aganis haisty credence of titlaris. Ibid. 21 The tittillaris [v.r. tutelar] so in his eir [MS. heir] can [= gan] roun. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. (Warwicks.), Tittler, a babbler, a tell-tale. |
▪ II. tittler2
a tickler: see tittle v.2