† blandituden.
Obsolete. rare.
Flattering or blandishing behaviour; blandness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > quality of being flattering
smoothnessa1616
blanditude1689
smooth-tonguedness1737
silkiness1832
oiliness1833
flatteringness1894
oleosity?1920
smarminess1934
1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander Ded. sig. A2 Yet shall you meet with..Rubs, Censures, Cavils, and base blanditude.
1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 24 Blanditude Desert shall overthrow.
1922 Observer 16 Apr. 10/5 Then Mr. Lloyd George rose..in wise fun and paternal blanditude.
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- dripstick
- dripstone
- dripstones
- driptip
- driptray
- drisheen
- drisk
- drite
- drivable
- drivage
- drive
- drive a coach and horses through
- drive a hard bargain
- drive a nail into any one's coffin
- drive a pen
- drive a person near
- drive a person to a book
- drive a person to book
- drive a person to hething
- drive a person to scorn
- drive a quill
- drive a speech
- drive and dish
- drive and dish the ball