blandish

[ blan-dish ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to coax or influence by gentle flattery; cajole: They blandished the guard into letting them through the gate.

verb (used without object)
  1. to use flattery or cajolery.

Origin of blandish

1
1350–1400; Middle English blandisshen<Anglo-French, Middle French blandiss-, long stem of blandir<Latin blandīrī to soothe, flatter. See bland, -ish2

Other words from blandish

  • blan·dish·er, noun
  • blan·dish·ing·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for blandish

blandish

/ (ˈblændɪʃ) /


verb
  1. (tr) to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax

Origin of blandish

1
C14: from Old French blandir from Latin blandīrī

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