palavering

English

Etymology

From palaver +‎ -ing.

Noun

palavering (plural palaverings)

1. gerund of palaver: the act of one who palavers.
   • 1850 February 1, Thomas Carlyle, “No. I. The Present Time.”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 27:

     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.

Verb

palavering

1. present participle and gerund of palaver

Anagrams

• prevaginal