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Palaʹver

comes from the Portuguese palavra (talk), which is palaver, a council of African chiefs.

Comparisons are odorous: palabras [words], neighbour Verges.”—Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing, iii. 4.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Paishdadian Dynasty
Paix
Pal (A)
Palaee
Paladin
Palæmon
Palais des Thermes
Palamedēs of Lombardy
Palamon and Arcite
Palatinate
Palaver
Pale
Pale Faces
Palemon
Palermo Razors
Palēs
Palestine Soup
Palestra
Palestrina or Pelestrina
Paletot [pal-e-to]
Palimpsest