The Only Use of
palaver
in
Wuthering Heights
- Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband's knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour — foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of.†
p. 14.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(palaver) talk -- typically empty talk or flattery
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly (and sometimes more specifically), palaver can refer to:- a long talk or meeting
- excessive talk to no good end or to a meeting with such talk
- anything that is a bother or waste of time