flatter-blindv.
/ˈflatəblʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˈflædərˌblaɪnd/ transitive. To flatter so as to make blind; to blind with flattery.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)]
bicharrea1100
fodea1375
begoc1380
inveiglea1513
to hold in halsc1560
to get within ——1572
cajole1645
to cajole with1665
butter1725
veigle1745
flummer1764
to get round ——1780
to come round ——1784
to get around ——1803
flatter-blind1818
salve1825
to come about1829
round1854
canoodle1864
moody1934
fanny1938
cosy1939
mamaguy1939
snow1943
snow-job1962
1818 S. T. Coleridge Let. Feb. in Lit. Remains (1836) II. 1 My next Friday's lecture will, if I do not grossly flatter-blind myself, be interesting.
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