spiel

noun /ʃpiːl/

1. A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

   countable, uncountable

   I'd love to be there with a real pretty spiel / But three little words can explain how I feel

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Spiel (“game, performance”) or Yiddish שפּיל (shpil), both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play”). See speel.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry spiel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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