blandish

Pronunciation: /ˈblændɪʃ/

The English word “blandish” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.

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 (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”), from blandus (“fawning, flattering,…

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