blandanderv.
/blanˈdandə/ colloquial.
transitive. To tempt by blandishment (into); to cajole.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > wheedle, coax, or cajole > into or out of
coy1635
to complement away, out of1640
wheedle1667
to compliment (a person) into (a state), out of (a thing)1705
inveigle1849
blandander1888
1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 63 I've blandandhered thim through the night somehow.
1898 Link 3/1 When you bullied and blandandered me into learning how to ride.
1914 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 267/2 [European diplomacy] refused to be blandandered by King Nicholas.
Derivatives
blanˈdandering adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling
blandishingc1374
flatteringc1386
fleechinga1522
ingling1595
lenocinating1609
wheedling1668
coaxing1704
cajolinga1715
carneying1853
blandandering1896
sloothering1919
noodging1988
1896 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 1 Feb. 123/1 Boucicault was a coaxing, blandandhering sort of liar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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