Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PA-LA'VER
PA-LA'VER, n. [Sp. palabra, Port. palavra, a word. Qu. W. llavar, utterance; with a prefix.]
- Idle talk.
- Flattery; adulation. [This is used with us in the vulgar dialect.]
- Talk; conversation; conference; a sense used in Africa, as appears by the relations of missionaries.
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