"blandish" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈblændɪʃ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blandish.wav Forms: blandishes [present, singular, third-person], blandishing [participle, present], blandished [participle, past], blandished [past]
enPR: blăndĭsh [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ændɪʃ Etymology: 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], from Anglo-Norman 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). The English word is analysable as bland + -ish; compare bland (“agreeable, pleasant, suave; mild, soothing”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)mel-}}, {{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], {{der|en|xno|blaundishen}} Anglo-Norman 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), {{der|en|la|blandīrī}} Latin blandīrī, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{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, {{suffix|en|bland|ish}} bland + -ish Head templates: {{en-verb}} blandish (third-person singular simple present blandishes, present participle blandishing, simple past and past participle blandished)
  1. (transitive) To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole. Tags: transitive Translations (to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole): придумвам чрез ласкателство (pridumvam črez laskatelstvo) (Bulgarian), vleien (Dutch), zureden (German), угова́ривать (ugovárivatʹ) (Russian), dil dökmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-blandish-en-verb-CrFQXsx3 Disambiguation of 'to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole': 96 4
  2. (transitive) To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up. Tags: transitive Translations (to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up): лаская (laskaja) (Bulgarian), lichotit [imperfective] (Czech), pochlebovat [imperfective] (Czech), vleien (Dutch), hízeleg (Hungarian), yağlamak (Turkish), yağ çekmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-blandish-en-verb-8SG2JIZ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blandisher, blandishment

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole."
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    {
      "enpr": "blăndĭsh",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblændɪʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ændɪʃ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pridumvam črez laskatelstvo",
      "sense": "to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole",
      "word": "придумвам чрез ласкателство"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole",
      "word": "vleien"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole",
      "word": "zureden"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugovárivatʹ",
      "sense": "to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole",
      "word": "угова́ривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole",
      "word": "dil dökmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "laskaja",
      "sense": "to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up",
      "word": "лаская"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "lichotit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pochlebovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up",
      "word": "vleien"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up",
      "word": "hízeleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up",
      "word": "yağlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up",
      "word": "yağ çekmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blandish"
}

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