English
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��v�(r)|-��v�(r)
Noun
en-noun|-
- talk, unnecessary talk, fuss
- a meeting at which there is much talk
Quotations
1899 � w:Stephen Crane|Stephen Crane, Active Service
1899 � w:Stephen Crane|Stephen Crane, Active Service
:but of course it could not be done without an almost endless amount of palaver.
1985 � w:Justin Richards|Justin Richards, Option Lock, p 229
:Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.
Verb
en-verb
- to discuss with much talk
Quotations
1860: â��That,â�� he rejoined, â��is a way we Americans have. We cannot stop to palaver. What would become of our manifest destiny?â�� — Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 30, April, 1860
Category:Portuguese derivations
fr:palaver
io:palaver
it:palaver
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