单词	palaver
释义	palaverpa‧la‧ver /pəˈlɑːvə $ -ˈlævər/ noun [singular, uncountable] especially British English Word Origin WORD ORIGINpalaver Origin: 1700-1800 Portuguese palavra ‘word, speech’, from Late Latin parabola; ➔ PARABLE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES There's been a lot of palaver about feminist oversensitivity to language. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Between them all, they managed to get Liam to the house, the twins being much amused by all the palaver. Budget palaver and acute short-termism seem to go hand in hand. Can't have this sort of palaver going on, not here. For all the palaver about men playing full parenting roles, fathers desire, seek, contrive and protect their anonymity. If you can't be bothered with any of this palaver, buy a whole fillet of beef. Will they view it as an opportunity to attack their opponents or deliver empty palaver? Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► What a palaver  What a palaver over nothing! informal unnecessary trouble and anxiety that makes something seem more important than it really is SYN  fuss:  We could have done without all this palaver. What a palaver over nothing!
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