fleechingn.
/ˈfliːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈflitʃɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈflitʃɪŋ/, /ˈflitʃɪn/ Scottish.
The action of coaxing or wheedling; also, a coaxing or wheedling speech.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling
blandishingc1305
flatteryc1320
blandishc1475
fleechingc1480
coying1580
blandishment1591
suppalpation1634
cajolery1649
wheedling1668
coaxing1672
cajolingc1724
cajolement1816
plámás1853
fleechment1886
sloothering1892
wheedlery1909
snow-jobbing1966
sweet-talking1981
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > [noun]
fleechingc1480
cajolery1649
wheedling1668
coaxing1672
cajolingc1724
cajolement1816
fleechment1886
sloothering1892
wheedlery1909
sweet-talking1981
c1480 (a1400) St. Agatha 66 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 360 Bot tuk bath ewine in a lyne, þar harsknes & þare fleching.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 522 The plesand langage and the countenance, The fair flesching.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 902 Now faindis to haue fauour with thy fleichingis.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xii. 289 ‘Hout wi' your fleeching’, said Dame Martin.
1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Fleetch Aa wadna gan ti church wi' him for a' his fleechin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
fleechingadj.
/ˈfliːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈflitʃɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈflitʃɪŋ/ Scottish.
That fleeches; coaxing, wheedling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling
blandishingc1374
flatteringc1386
fleechinga1522
ingling1595
lenocinating1609
wheedling1668
coaxing1704
cajolinga1715
carneying1853
blandandering1896
sloothering1919
noodging1988
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > [adjective]
fleechinga1522
ingling1595
wheedling1668
coaxing1704
cajolinga1715
wheedly1838
wheedlesome1863
sloothering1919
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. ii. 56 The fals flechand Vlixes.
1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 64 That fleetching knave.
1786 R. Burns Poems 185 Expect na, Sir..A fleechan, fleth'ran Dedication.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona vii. 74 That long, false, fleeching beggar of a father of hers.
Derivatives
ˈfleechingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adverb] > wheedlingly or coaxingly
fleechingly1688
coaxingly1714
cajolingly1853
wheedlingly1856
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > [adverb]
fleechingly1688
coaxingly1714
cajolingly1853
wheedlingly1856
1688 A. Shields Some Notes or Heads Gaastoun 5 They be now speaking fair, Fleechingly and Flatteringly to this Generation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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