palter.
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
Meaning & usage
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. To give a false impression by selective use of true but misleading statements.
To trifle.
To haggle.
To babble; to chatter.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Middle English *palter (“rag, trifle, worthless thing”), from Middle Low German palter (“rag, cloth”). More at paltry.
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