English Explanatory Dictionary

palterly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Mean; paltry.

Word forms

palterly more palterly most palterly paulterly

Etymology

From *palter (“a rag, worthless thing”), from Middle Low German palter (“rag, cloth”). More at paltry.

Related words

palter
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