Definition of "backbitten" []

• Past participle of backbite (verb)

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• "No worse than they are backbitten, sir; for they have marvellous foul linen."
• "Now backbiting is often profitable to those who are backbitten: for"
• "Reply Obj. 3: The profit one derives from being backbitten is due, not to the intention of the backbiter, but to the ordinance of God"