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palterly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pal-ter-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mean; paltry.

Obsolete

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

more palterly (comparative) most palterly (superlative) paulterly (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

palter

Questions

What does palterly mean?
Mean; paltry.
Where does palterly come from?
From *palter (“a rag, worthless thing”), from Middle Low German palter (“rag, cloth”). More at paltry.

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