palterv.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːltə/,

/ˈpɒltə/, U.S.

/ˈpɔltər/,

/ˈpɑltər/

Forms: 1500s–1600s paulter, 1500s– palter.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown; apparently a formation in -er suffix⁵, although no suitable base has been identified. Perhaps compare pelt v.³ (although the difference in vowel would be difficult to account for), or perhaps compare paltry n. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pǭ·ltəɹ) /ˈpɔːltə(r)/.

†1.

a. transitive and intransitive. To say or recite (something) indistinctly; to mumble, babble. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > mutter or mumble

mamblea1275

mumblec1350

blabber1362

babblea1400

muttera1425

pattera1425

rumble1440

barbettec1480

murmell1546

palter?1548

buzz1555

fumble1563

drumble1579

to sup up1579

radote?1590

chunter1599

putter1611

mussitate1623

muss1661

muffle1669

slobber1692

thruma1774

fumfer1954

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > mutter or mumble

muttera1425

mumblec1450

murmurc1460

blabber?a1513

palter?1548

fumble1555

flummer1563

chaw1570

buzz1583

mumpa1586

demurmurate1641

loll1655

muttera1690

swallowa1791

sough1821

hummera1860

lip1887

mum-mumble1917

potato-mouth1937

rhubarb1958

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Bv I neuer mysse but paulter, Our blessed ladyes psaulter.

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. Ci One whyle his tonge it ran and paltered of a Cat.

1852 C. Mathews Witchcraft v. ii. 87 Speak forth—not palter ruin on our heads!

1872 in C. Sumner Wks. (1875–83) VI. 34 Some weak-backed quietist, who, afraid to look this thing in the face, would palter weak commonplaces.

b. transitive. To jumble or patch up (a composition). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > compose hastily

scribble1576

palter1588

to throw together1646

dash1726

dash off, out1786

to run off1809

to strike off1821

to write off1841

1588 R. Greene Perimedes To Rdr. sig. A3 I keepe my old course, to palter vp some thing in Prose, vsing mine old poesie still, Omne tulit punctum.

a. intransitive. To shift, equivocate, or prevaricate in action or speech; to act or deal evasively, esp. for treacherous ends; to use trickery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)]

haft1519

shuffle1565

dodge1575

palter1580

shift1580

hedge1611

boggle1615

subterfuge1622

prevaricatea1625

to shuffle up and down1633

evade1660

sophisticate1664

janka1689

whiffle1737

tongue-twist1836

caffle1851

pussyfoot1902

sidestep1904

spruce1916

to fudge and mudge1980

1580 T. Churchyard Warning for Wise sig. B.iij^v You that palter still, With poore me[n]s wiues, come fear ye Lord, for punishe sure he will.

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes v. sig. K3 What doo you talk of dodging? I neither dodge nor palter.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 125 What other Bond [neede we], Then secret Romans, that haue spoke the word, And will not palter ?

1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 2 After they have juggl'd and palter'd with the World.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Palter, to play fast and loose, to deal unfairly.

1779 R. Jephson Law of Lombardy iii. iv. 31 I trust our gallant spirits will not palter, Because a rash invader threatens us.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. ix. 245 If you palter or double in your answers, I will have thee hung alive in an iron-chain.

1857 C. J. Cannon Dolores iii. ii. 141 What fear Beset me in the outset. How I shrank And paltered, when..urged.

1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xiii. 195 How long I might have paltered, had no sound come from that room, I know not.

1987 Nature 3 Sept. 23/2 It would..be paltering with the truth to pretend that our activities do as much in the cultural line for the public..as say the London Philharmonic.

b. intransitive. To haggle, quibble; to bargain or negotiate, esp. meanly or dishonourably. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)]

bargain1525

hucka1529

hucker1548

dodge1568

blockc1570

pelt1579

hack1587

haggle1589

to beat the bargain1591

to beat the market1591

huckster1593

niffera1598

badger1600

scotch1601

palter1611

cheapen1620

higgle1633

tig-tag1643

huckle1644

chaffer1693

chaffer1725

dicker1797

niffer1815

Jew1825

hacker1833

banter1835

higgle-haggle1841

hondle1921

wheel and deal1961

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate

driveOE

treat1297

chaffer1377

broke1496

hucka1529

capitulate1537

hack1587

haggle1589

huckster1593

negotiate1598

to stand out1606

palter1611

to drive a hard bargaina1628

priga1628

scotch1627

prig1632

higgle1633

to dodge it1652

to beat a (the) bargain1664

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Harceler,..to haggle, hucke, hedge, or paulter long in the buying of a commoditie.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 139 But the Carthaginians paltring in the case, quoth Fabius,..What meanes this delay?

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xlv. 182 Hatred of the girl who had dared to palter with strangers.

1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 180 Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor palter'd with Eternal God for power.

1904 H. O. Sturgis Belchamber xii. 170 You cannot palter and hold diplomatic parleys with vice.

c. intransitive. To toy or trifle with; to deal lightly or carelessly with. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] > by trifling with

trifle with1523

sport1533

twaddle1797

palter1814

project1828

trivialize1846

1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy IV. 252 If my courage palters with my duty.

1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) 35 Time will not palter with the real state of the case.

1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 59 My good Lord Who loved too much, to palter with the past.

1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 428 He urged that nothing should be allowed to come in the way of this great work, that it should not be paltered with.

1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ix. 174 Don't palter with the second rate.

†3. transitive. To shift or alter the position of. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)]

wharvec897

wendOE

i-wendeOE

awendOE

aturn?c1225

biwrixle?c1225

changec1225

turnc1225

shifta1325

vary1340

inchangea1382

strange1390

altera1398

alterate?a1425

permute?a1425

difference1481

renewc1515

alienate1534

wrixlec1540

to chop and change1557

variate1566

palter1587

permutate1598

immute1613

unmake1616

unsame1632

chop1644

veer1647

variegatea1690

refract1700

mutabilatea1704

commute1825

stranger1863

switch1919

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. ix. 182/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Sith most of them [sc. ecclesiastical feasts] are fixed, and palter not their place of standing.

†4.

a. transitive. To trifle away; to squander. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste

spilla1000

scatter1154

aspilla1250

rospa1325

waste1340

spend1390

consumec1425

waste1474

miswenda1500

forsumea1510

to cast away1530

to throw away1561

embezzle1578

squander1593

palter1595

profuse1611

squander1611

ravel1614

sport1622

to fool away1628

to stream out1628

to fribble away1633

sweal1655

frisk1665

to fiddle away1667

wantonize1673

slattera1681

swattle1681

drivel1686

swatter1690

to muddle away1707

squander1717

sot1746

slattern1747

meisle1808

fritter1820

waster1821

slobber1837

to cut to waste1863

fringe1863

potter1883

putter1911

profligate1938

to piddle away1942

haemorrhage1978

spaff2002

1595 W. Covell Polimanteia sig. Bb⁴ The Bishops haue paultered their liuings in so base a manner, that forgetting their honor, they haue seemed to be familiar with meane persons.

1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother ii. i. sig. C3^v It is not to be a Justice of Peace, as you are, And palter out your time ith' penall Statutes.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Palter,..also to squander away.

b. transitive. To barter foolishly for something of lesser value. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe

meedOE

underorna1325

corrump1387

forbuy1393

hirec1400

wage1461

fee1487

under-arearc1503

bribe1528

grease1528

money1528

corrupt1548

budc1565

to feed with money1567

to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580

sweeten1594

to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598

over-bribe1619

to buy off1629

palter1641

to take off1646

buy1652

overmoneya1661

bub1684

to speak to ——1687

to tickle in the palm1694

daub1699

overbuy1710

touch1752

palm1767

to get at ——1780

fix1790

subsidize1793

sop1837

to buy over1848

backsheesh1850

nobble1856

square1859

hippodrome1866

see1867

boodleize1883

boodle1886

to get to ——1901

reach1906

straighten1923

lubricate1928

to keep (someone) sweet1939

sling1939

to pay off1942

bung1950

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 58 Where bribery and corruption solicits, paltring the free and monilesse power of discipline with a carnall satisfaction by the purse.

Derivatives

† paltered adj. Obsolete rare gained by haggling; worthless, despicable.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > bargaining > [adjective] > gained by

paltereda1625

a1625 J. Sempill Picktooth for Pope (1669) 13 Puft vp with pampering pride of paltred pelfs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palter
释义	palterv. Brit. /ˈpɔːltə/, /ˈpɒltə/, U.S. /ˈpɔltər/, /ˈpɑltər/ Forms: 1500s–1600s paulter, 1500s– palter. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; apparently a formation in -er suffix⁵, although no suitable base has been identified. Perhaps compare pelt v.³ (although the difference in vowel would be difficult to account for), or perhaps compare paltry n. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pǭ·ltəɹ) /ˈpɔːltə(r)/. †1. a. transitive and intransitive. To say or recite (something) indistinctly; to mumble, babble. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > mutter or mumble mamblea1275 mumblec1350 blabber1362 babblea1400 muttera1425 pattera1425 rumble1440 barbettec1480 murmell1546 palter?1548 buzz1555 fumble1563 drumble1579 to sup up1579 radote?1590 chunter1599 putter1611 mussitate1623 muss1661 muffle1669 slobber1692 thruma1774 fumfer1954 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > mutter or mumble muttera1425 mumblec1450 murmurc1460 blabber?a1513 palter?1548 fumble1555 flummer1563 chaw1570 buzz1583 mumpa1586 demurmurate1641 loll1655 muttera1690 swallowa1791 sough1821 hummera1860 lip1887 mum-mumble1917 potato-mouth1937 rhubarb1958 ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Bv I neuer mysse but paulter, Our blessed ladyes psaulter. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. Ci One whyle his tonge it ran and paltered of a Cat. 1852 C. Mathews Witchcraft v. ii. 87 Speak forth—not palter ruin on our heads! 1872 in C. Sumner Wks. (1875–83) VI. 34 Some weak-backed quietist, who, afraid to look this thing in the face, would palter weak commonplaces. b. transitive. To jumble or patch up (a composition). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > compose hastily scribble1576 palter1588 to throw together1646 dash1726 dash off, out1786 to run off1809 to strike off1821 to write off1841 1588 R. Greene Perimedes To Rdr. sig. A3 I keepe my old course, to palter vp some thing in Prose, vsing mine old poesie still, Omne tulit punctum. 2. a. intransitive. To shift, equivocate, or prevaricate in action or speech; to act or deal evasively, esp. for treacherous ends; to use trickery. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)] haft1519 shuffle1565 dodge1575 palter1580 shift1580 hedge1611 boggle1615 subterfuge1622 prevaricatea1625 to shuffle up and down1633 evade1660 sophisticate1664 janka1689 whiffle1737 tongue-twist1836 caffle1851 pussyfoot1902 sidestep1904 spruce1916 to fudge and mudge1980 1580 T. Churchyard Warning for Wise sig. B.iij^v You that palter still, With poore me[n]s wiues, come fear ye Lord, for punishe sure he will. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes v. sig. K3 What doo you talk of dodging? I neither dodge nor palter. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 125 What other Bond [neede we], Then secret Romans, that haue spoke the word, And will not palter ? View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 2 After they have juggl'd and palter'd with the World. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Palter, to play fast and loose, to deal unfairly. 1779 R. Jephson Law of Lombardy iii. iv. 31 I trust our gallant spirits will not palter, Because a rash invader threatens us. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. ix. 245 If you palter or double in your answers, I will have thee hung alive in an iron-chain. 1857 C. J. Cannon Dolores iii. ii. 141 What fear Beset me in the outset. How I shrank And paltered, when..urged. 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xiii. 195 How long I might have paltered, had no sound come from that room, I know not. 1987 Nature 3 Sept. 23/2 It would..be paltering with the truth to pretend that our activities do as much in the cultural line for the public..as say the London Philharmonic. b. intransitive. To haggle, quibble; to bargain or negotiate, esp. meanly or dishonourably. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)] bargain1525 hucka1529 hucker1548 dodge1568 blockc1570 pelt1579 hack1587 haggle1589 to beat the bargain1591 to beat the market1591 huckster1593 niffera1598 badger1600 scotch1601 palter1611 cheapen1620 higgle1633 tig-tag1643 huckle1644 chaffer1693 chaffer1725 dicker1797 niffer1815 Jew1825 hacker1833 banter1835 higgle-haggle1841 hondle1921 wheel and deal1961 the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate driveOE treat1297 chaffer1377 broke1496 hucka1529 capitulate1537 hack1587 haggle1589 huckster1593 negotiate1598 to stand out1606 palter1611 to drive a hard bargaina1628 priga1628 scotch1627 prig1632 higgle1633 to dodge it1652 to beat a (the) bargain1664 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Harceler,..to haggle, hucke, hedge, or paulter long in the buying of a commoditie. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 139 But the Carthaginians paltring in the case, quoth Fabius,..What meanes this delay? 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xlv. 182 Hatred of the girl who had dared to palter with strangers. 1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 180 Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor palter'd with Eternal God for power. 1904 H. O. Sturgis Belchamber xii. 170 You cannot palter and hold diplomatic parleys with vice. c. intransitive. To toy or trifle with; to deal lightly or carelessly with. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] > by trifling with trifle with1523 sport1533 twaddle1797 palter1814 project1828 trivialize1846 1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy IV. 252 If my courage palters with my duty. 1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) 35 Time will not palter with the real state of the case. 1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 59 My good Lord Who loved too much, to palter with the past. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 428 He urged that nothing should be allowed to come in the way of this great work, that it should not be paltered with. 1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ix. 174 Don't palter with the second rate. †3. transitive. To shift or alter the position of. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)] wharvec897 wendOE i-wendeOE awendOE aturn?c1225 biwrixle?c1225 changec1225 turnc1225 shifta1325 vary1340 inchangea1382 strange1390 altera1398 alterate?a1425 permute?a1425 difference1481 renewc1515 alienate1534 wrixlec1540 to chop and change1557 variate1566 palter1587 permutate1598 immute1613 unmake1616 unsame1632 chop1644 veer1647 variegatea1690 refract1700 mutabilatea1704 commute1825 stranger1863 switch1919 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. ix. 182/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Sith most of them [sc. ecclesiastical feasts] are fixed, and palter not their place of standing. †4. a. transitive. To trifle away; to squander. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste spilla1000 scatter1154 aspilla1250 rospa1325 waste1340 spend1390 consumec1425 waste1474 miswenda1500 forsumea1510 to cast away1530 to throw away1561 embezzle1578 squander1593 palter1595 profuse1611 squander1611 ravel1614 sport1622 to fool away1628 to stream out1628 to fribble away1633 sweal1655 frisk1665 to fiddle away1667 wantonize1673 slattera1681 swattle1681 drivel1686 swatter1690 to muddle away1707 squander1717 sot1746 slattern1747 meisle1808 fritter1820 waster1821 slobber1837 to cut to waste1863 fringe1863 potter1883 putter1911 profligate1938 to piddle away1942 haemorrhage1978 spaff2002 1595 W. Covell Polimanteia sig. Bb⁴ The Bishops haue paultered their liuings in so base a manner, that forgetting their honor, they haue seemed to be familiar with meane persons. 1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother ii. i. sig. C3^v It is not to be a Justice of Peace, as you are, And palter out your time ith' penall Statutes. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Palter,..also to squander away. b. transitive. To barter foolishly for something of lesser value. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 58 Where bribery and corruption solicits, paltring the free and monilesse power of discipline with a carnall satisfaction by the purse. Derivatives † paltered adj. Obsolete rare gained by haggling; worthless, despicable. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > [adjective] > gained by paltereda1625 a1625 J. Sempill Picktooth for Pope (1669) 13 Puft vp with pampering pride of paltred pelfs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?1548
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