Meanings
nounpalavering (plural palaverings)
plural palaverings
- gerundgerund of palaver: the act of one who palavers.
They are among the silent, I believe; mostly far away from platforms and public palaverings; not speaking forth the image of their nobleness in transitory words, but imprinting it, each on his own little section of the world, in silent facts, in modest valiant actions, that will endure forevermore.
1850 February 1, Thomas Carlyle, “No. I. The Present Time.”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 27
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of palaver
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