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palaverer|pəˈlɑːvərə(r)|
[f. prec. vb. + -er1.]
One who palavers. So (nonce-wds.) paˈlaverist, one given to palaver; paˈlaverment, verbiage.
1788J. May Jrnl. & Lett. (1873) 31 They are Irish palaverers, and the truth is not in them. 1816Chalmers Let. in Life (1851) II. iii. 66 Floundering its uncertain way through amongst the palaverments of law. 1822J. Wilson Blackw. Mag. XI. 485 He is contented to be a critic—that is, a palaverer. a1873Livingstone in Blaikie Life xiii. (1880) 268 See to what a length I have run. I have become palaverist. |