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IPA: /ˈblændɪʃm(ə)nt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈblændɪʃmənt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-blandishment.wav

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Etymology: From blandish (“to persuade someone by using flattery, to cajole; to praise someone dishonestly, to flatter or butter up”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs, having the sense of ‘the action or result of what is denoted by the verbs’). Blandish is derived from Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be favourable; of the sea: to become calm”) [and other forms] (whence blaundice (“flattery, blandishment; caresses, dalliance; allurement, attractiveness; deceitfulness, deception”) [and other forms]), from Middle English blaundishen, from blandiss-, the extended stem of Middle French blandir + Middle English -ishen (suffix forming verbs). Blandir is derived from Latin blandīrī, the present active infinitive of blandior (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”), from blandus (“fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)) + -iō (suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)mel-}}, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{suffix|en|blandish|ment|pos2=suffix forming nouns from verbs, having the sense of ‘the action or result of what is denoted by the verbs’|t1=to persuade someone by using flattery, to cajole; to praise someone dishonestly, to flatter or butter up}} blandish (“to persuade someone by using flattery, to cajole; to praise someone dishonestly, to flatter or butter up”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs, having the sense of ‘the action or result of what is denoted by the verbs’), {{m|en||Blandish}} Blandish, {{inh|en|enm|blaundishen|t=to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be favourable; of the sea: to become calm}} Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be favourable; of the sea: to become calm”), {{nb...|blandische, blandise, blandishen, blandisshe, blandysh, blandyshe, blandyss, blandyssh, blaundise, blaundish, blaundiss, blaundisshe, blaundysh, blaundyssh, bloundise, bloundisen, bloundiss|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{m|enm|blaundice|t=flattery, blandishment; caresses, dalliance; allurement, attractiveness; deceitfulness, deception}} blaundice (“flattery, blandishment; caresses, dalliance; allurement, attractiveness; deceitfulness, deception”), {{nb...|blandish, blaundise, blaundish, blundice, (Late Middle English) blandysh|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{der|en|enm|blaundishen}} Middle English blaundishen, {{der|en|frm|blandir}} Middle French blandir, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{der|en|enm|-ishen|pos=suffix forming verbs}} Middle English -ishen (suffix forming verbs), {{m|frm||Blandir}} Blandir, {{der|en|la|blandīrī}} Latin blandīrī, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{m|la|blandior|t=to fawn, flatter; to delude}} blandior (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”), {{m|la|blandus|t=fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant}} blandus (“fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)mel-|t=erroneous, false; bad, evil}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”), {{glossary|causative verb}} causative verb, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{m|la|-iō|pos=suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives}} -iō (suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives) Head templates: {{en-noun}} blandishment (plural blandishments)

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "blandior",
        "t": "to fawn, flatter; to delude"
      },
      "expansion": "blandior (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "blandus",
        "t": "fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant"
      },
      "expansion": "blandus (“fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)mel-",
        "t": "erroneous, false; bad, evil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "causative verb"
      },
      "expansion": "causative verb",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "adjective",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-iō",
        "pos": "suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives"
      },
      "expansion": "-iō (suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From blandish (“to persuade someone by using flattery, to cajole; to praise someone dishonestly, to flatter or butter up”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs, having the sense of ‘the action or result of what is denoted by the verbs’). Blandish is derived from Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be favourable; of the sea: to become calm”) [and other forms] (whence blaundice (“flattery, blandishment; caresses, dalliance; allurement, attractiveness; deceitfulness, deception”) [and other forms]), from Middle English blaundishen, from blandiss-, the extended stem of Middle French blandir + Middle English -ishen (suffix forming verbs). Blandir is derived from Latin blandīrī, the present active infinitive of blandior (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”), from blandus (“fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)) + -iō (suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blandishments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blandishment (plural blandishments)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bland‧ish‧ment"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bland"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "blandation"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "blandished"
    },
    {
      "word": "blandisher"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "blandishing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1755, “Æneis”, in Joseph Trapp, transl., The Works of Virgil, volume II, book 6, pages 376–377, lines 600–604",
          "text": "Thus Her with Indignation frowning, ſtern, / With Tears, and Blandiſhments Æneas ſooth’d : / She bends here Eyes averſe upon the Ground ; / And by his Speech begun is mov’d no more, / Than a hard Flint, or fix’d Marpeſian Rock.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter V, page 66",
          "text": "She looked up as she heard his footsteps, and the gracious smile which her lips put on, was an invitation to make himself happy in a seat beside her. But he resisted the blandishment, and lifting his hat as he passed, with a smile in return, he soon disappeared from her presence, and joined the two who awaited him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 187",
          "text": "Pat found subject and scene of his wooing unaltered, but all his specious blandishments could not induce the matured matron of 'Gi' Away Nothin' 'All' to join fortunes, though his perseverance would have delighted Bruce's spider.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blandishments",
          "blandishments"
        ],
        [
          "flattering",
          "flattering#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "designed",
          "design#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "persuade",
          "persuade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cajolery"
        },
        {
          "word": "flattery"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something alluring or attractive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alluring",
          "alluring#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "attractive",
          "attractive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Something alluring or attractive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Allurement, attraction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Allurement",
          "allurement"
        ],
        [
          "attraction",
          "attraction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, figurative) Allurement, attraction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblændɪʃm(ə)nt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblændɪʃmənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-blandishment.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (RP)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blandice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blandizia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "blandīmentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dēlēnīmentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "datlı, tatlı",
      "sense": "flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade",
      "word": "طاتلو"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade",
      "word": "dil dökme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "adā",
      "sense": "flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ادا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blandishment"
}

"blandishment" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [English]

Inflected forms