glaver

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glaver

/ˈɡlævə(ɹ)/

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Of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh glafr (“flattery”).

verb glavers · glavering · glavered

obsolete To flatter; to wheedle. Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite.
Similar: jolly, lay it on thick, puff, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver, gloze, make fair weather, palaver, preen

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@misc{glaver_2026,
  title = {glaver},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glaver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}