glaver

verb
/ˈɡlævə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from glafr — “flattery

Definitions

  1. To flatter

    To flatter; to wheedle.

    • Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite.
    • No doubt the users of hackney-coaches “glavered” on the users of glass-coaches. To glaver, need we say, was to fawn — with words of glozing courtesy, to flatter deceitfully.

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