délayer

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to add water to
  2. (transitive) to add water to
  3. to pad out (e.g. a speech)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.lɛ.je/
Etymology

In summary

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin delicāre, from Latin deliquāre, and influenced phonetically by the unrelated Old French delaier (cf. délai).

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