PALTRY


Meaning of PALTRY in English

adj. (paltrier, paltriest) worthless, contemptible, trifling.

Derivatives:

paltriness n.

Etymology: 16th c.: f. paltry trash app. f. palt, pelt rubbish + -RY (cf. trumpery): cf. LG paltrig ragged

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.