† ˈblandiment Obs.
Also 6 blandimente, blandymente.
[a. OF. blandiment, ad. L. blandīmentum; see -ment.]
By-form of blandishment.
| c 1510 Barclay Mirr. Good Mann. (1570) A j, Sweete blandiment of wordes amiable. c 1510 More Picus Wks. 4/2 Womens blandimentes. 1569 Newton Cicero's Old Age 32 These blandiments of pleasure. |
b. fig. Soothing or healing action. (So L.)
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xiv. 509 Upon the first Blandiment of the Fomentation the pain grows milder. |