palter: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

/-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\ Suggest tomorrow's Word of the Day Share your ideas on Twitter http://twitter.com/dictionarycom \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/ Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 26, 2012 palter \PAWL-ter\, verb: 1. To talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery. 2. To bargain with; haggle. 3. To act carelessly; trifle. Since murder was that man's intention, why should he palter with small details? -- Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad Bathsheba would probably have terminated the conversation there and then by flatly forbidding the subject, had not her conscious weakness of position allured her to palter and argue in endeavors to better it. -- Thomas Hardy, Far From the Maddening Crowd ------------------------------------------------------------------- Palter is of unknown origin. It first arose in the 1540s, and it may be a variation of the word falter. Read the full entry: See synonyms: Comment on today's word: Suggest tomorrow's word: Yesterday's Word: Previous Words: Help: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\ Have an iPhone or iPod touch? Leave that heavy book on the shelf. Get Dictionary.com's app http://dictionary.reference.com/apps/iphone \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/ What's another word for thesaurus? Enrich your vocabulary at Thesaurus.com: http://www.thesaurus.com/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: █████████@██████ Subscriber since: January 29, 2011 Unsubscribe from the Word of the Day: http://lists.lexico.com/u?id=7581222.6bd61db0aa8e1f28bcd5ce10a147256c&n=T&l=wordoftheday&o=19662981 To subscribe by email, please send a blank message to: █████████@██████ Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/help/faq/wordoftheday/ (c)2012 by Dictionary, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607