palled Definition

pal (colloq)
noun

1. A friend; a mate.

Thesaurus: friend, companion, confidant, intimate, comrade, crony, partner, sidekick (slang).

verb

intr
palled, palling
1. To make friends with them.

Form: pal up with someone (usually)

Derivative: palliness
noun

Derivative: pally
adj

(compare palsy²).

Etymology: 17c: Romany, meaning ‘brother'.

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pall²
verb palled, palling

intr
1. To begin to bore or seem tedious.
2. To cloy; to bore.

Thesaurus: satiate, glut, cloy, jade, bore, tire, weary.

Etymology: 14c: a variant of appal.

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