palaverousadj.
/pəˈlɑːv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /pəˈlæv(ə)rəs/, /pəˈlɑv(ə)rəs/ Characterized by or given to palaver; (now) esp. excessively talkative, prolix.
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1788 J. Hurdis Poems 69 Let the spruce beau, That lean, sweet-scented, and palav'rous fool..Look for a wife in vain, and live despis'd.
1790 T. Twining Let. 27 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1991) I. 340 Made him many fine & palaaverous speeches.
1881 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus Sayings. viii. 203 W'en freedom come out de niggers sorter got dere humps up, an' dey staid dat way..; an' now..dey er des ez palaverous ez dey wuz befo' de war.
1992 Callaloo 15 506 I salute you Barbed poets In you the palaverous ink..Wears away in new words.
2000 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 29 May f1 What this says about Western society would be fodder for all sorts of palaverous punditry if the economy were in the toilet.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1788- to keep a fuss with
- to keep a good table
- to keep a hatch before the door
- to keep a house
- to keep a level head
- to keep a lock on
- to keep a lock on something
- to keep a lookout
- to keep a low profile
- to keep a mediocrity
- to keep a neat, tidy, etc, house
- to keep a newspaper
- to keep a noise
- to keep a person at staff's end
- to keep a person at stave's end
- to keep a person at stick's end
- to keep a person at the stick's end
- to keep a person company
- to keep a person dark
- to keep a person forthcoming
- to keep a person guessing
- to keep a person honest
- to keep a person in countenance
- to keep a person in gammon
- to keep a person in hand