Associations to the word «Palter»

Wiktionary

PALTER, verb. To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
PALTER, verb. (now rare) To trifle.
PALTER, verb. To haggle.
PALTER, verb. To babble; to chatter.

Dictionary definition

PALTER, verb. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky