telltale

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From tell + tale, perhaps dissimilated from earlier taleteller, from Middle English tale tellere (literally “tale teller”).

Just then our partner appeared but with telltale face. — Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude, Austin Bidwell
I guessed that by her evasive answers and telltale face. — The Hand in the Dark, Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
But her telltale eyes were red and glanced at me from between swollen lids. — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle

tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, blabbermouth

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