Word: paltered
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pal
tered
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of palter; be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Morphemes:
Affix: palter
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: *palter
Language: enm
Decoded: *palter
Meaning: rag, trifle, worthless thing
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.