Associations to the word «Paltering»

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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope