Tales Definition

tālz, tālēz
noun
A talesman.
American Heritage
People summoned to fill jury vacancies when the regular panel has become deficient in number, as by challenge.
Webster's New World
A group of talesmen.
American Heritage
The writ that summons them.
Webster's New World
The writ allowing for a summons of jurors.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • counts
  • enumerations
  • reckonings
  • tallies
  • falsehoods
  • falsities
  • misrepresentations
  • prevarications
  • whoppers
  • untruths
  • lies
  • stories
  • fibs
  • fictions
  • exaggerations

Origin of Tales

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin tālēs dē circumstantibus such (persons) from those standing about (a phrase used in the writ) from Latin pl. of tālis such to- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin plural of talis (“such (persons)”)

    From Wiktionary

  • See tale

    From Wiktionary

Tales Sentence Examples

  • If they could talk, what tales these hills could tell.

  • They are not tales of aberrant individuals but of societal norms.

  • Fairy tales have always had a darker side.

  • Ryland worked for the National Forest Service and regaled Donnie with tales of the outdoor splendors of the Colorado mountains.

  • The Crusades afforded new details which might be inserted into old matters, and a new spirit which might be infused into old subjects; and a crusading complexion thus came to be put upon old tales like those of Arthur and Charlemagne.

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Words Starting With

TTATAL

Words Ending With

SESLES

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