Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A piece of flattery; blandishment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Flattery.
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- noun obsolete
flattery
Etymologies
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Compare Latin blanditia, blandities, from blandus. See bland, blandishment.
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Examples
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"They flattered the Bishop of Ely with this blandation."
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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