OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 43065

blandishment

/ˈblæn.dɪʃ.m(ə)nt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
blandicia
Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade.
Pat found subject and scene of his wooing unaltered, but all his specious blandishments could not induce the matured matron of 'Gi' Away Nothin' 'All' to join fortunes, though his…
She looked up as she heard his footsteps, and the gracious smile which her lips put on, was an invitation to make himself happy in a seat beside her. But he resisted the blandishme…
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