Category:Palaver

Pa*la"ver, n. Etym: [sp. palabra, or pg. palavra, fr. L. parabola a Comparison, a parable, ll., a word. See parable.]

1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to Deceive; flattery.

2. In africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public Conference and deliberation; a debate. This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. Carlyle.

Palaver Pa*la"ver, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Palavering.]

Defn: to make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or Deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully. Palavering the little language for her benefit. C. Bront