| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | blan·dish |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl n d sh |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: blan·dished, blan·dish·ing, blan·dish·es
To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English blandishen, from Old French blandir, blandiss-, from Latin bland r, from blandus, flattering. See mel-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | blandish·er —NOUN
blandish·ment —NOUN
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