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| Often, blandishments. something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.: Our blandishments left him unmoved. We succumbed to the blandishments of tropical living. |
| blan·dish (blān'dĭsh) tr.v. blan·dished, blan·dish·ing, blan·dish·es To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole. [Middle English blandishen, from Old French blandir, blandiss-, from Latin blandīrī, from blandus, flattering; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.] blan'dish·er n., blan'dish·ment n. |