▪ I. blandishing, vbl. n.
(ˈblændɪʃɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
Blandishment, flattery.
| c 1305 St. Kath. 165 in E.E.P. (1862) 94 Al þi blandisinge Ne þi tourmentz ne schulle ene fram him myn hurte bringe. a 1340 Hampole Psalter ii. 3 Dispise we thaire bloundisynges & thaire manaunces. 1485 Caxton Curial I b, Fayr langage..or blandysshing of flaterers. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche vi. iii. (T.) Double-hearted friends, whose blandishings Tickle our ears, but sting our bosoms. |
▪ II. ˈblandishing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Softly flattering, soothing, coaxing.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. i. 30 Þe see..calme and blaundyshing wiþ smoþe water. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 117/2 The blaundissyng wordes of wymen. 1566 J. Studley Seneca's Medea (1581) 135 With countnaunce bright and blandishing. 1840 Dickens Humphrey's Clock 48 Would the blandishing enchanter still weave his spells around me. |