patelin

adjectivecommon noun

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patelin

(15th century) see the Old French patelin (smooth talk, gibberish), the sense of "cunning, artificial" is an allusion to the main character of the farce of master pathelin who dupes people with fine words.

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plainteplatinepliante

See also

pateline (v.) patelines (v.) patelins (adj.) patelins (cn.) pateline (adj.)