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paultrie

paultrie is the obsolete form of paltry.

Meaning of paltry

Adjective

paltry (comparative paltrier, superlative paltriest)

  1. Trashy, trivial, of little value.
    • This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
  2. Of little monetary worth.
    • Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
  3. Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
    • a paltry coward

Forms of paultrie

comparativemore paultrie
superlativemost paultrie

Questions about paultrie

What is paultrie the obsolete form of?
Paultrie is the obsolete form of paltry.

Words near paultrie in the dictionary

  1. paultered
  2. paultering
  3. paulters
  4. Paultin
  5. Paulton
  6. paultrie
  7. paultry
  8. Pauly
  9. Paulínia
  10. paum
  11. Pauma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paultrie (page history and authors); paltry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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