blarneyn.

Brit.

/ˈblɑːni/, U.S.

/ˈblɑrni/

Etymology: < Blarney, name of a village near Cork. In the castle there is an inscribed stone in a position difficult of access. The popular saying is that any one who kisses this ‘Blarney stone’ will ever after have ‘a cajoling tongue and the art of flattery or of telling lies with unblushing effrontery’ (Lewis Topog. Dict. Ireland).

Smoothly flattering or cajoling talk. (colloquial.) Also, nonsense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun]

flash1605

sniffling1653

canting1659

cant1710

galbanum1764

gas1793

blarney1796

gammon1805

slum1812

claptrap1819

flam1825

glittering generality1849

bull's wool1850

eyewash1857

bunkum1862

hot air1873

kid1874

fustian1880

flubdub1888

bull1914

oil1917

blah1918

drip1919

piss and wind1922

banana-oil1927

flannel1927

crud1943

old talk1956

ole talk1964

okey-doke1969

yada yada1991

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun]

fickling?c1225

flattering?c1225

oluhningc1225

glozec1290

glozing1297

losengery1303

blandishingc1305

blandingc1315

flatteryc1320

glotheringc1325

soothinga1400

honey word?1406

faginga1425

flatrisec1440

smekingc1440

blandishc1475

blandiment?1510

glavering1545

coggingc1555

good1563

milksop1577

court holy water1583

glavery1583

blandishment1591

lipsalve1591

court holy bread1592

flatter1593

colloguing1596

sooth1597

daub?1602

blandation1605

lullaby1611

court-water1616

butter1618

blandiloquy1623

oil1645

court-element1649

courtshipment1649

courtship1655

blandiloquence1656

court-creama1657

daubing1656

fleecha1700

Spanish money1699

cajole1719

whiting1721

palaver1733

butter boat1747

flummery1749

treacle1771

Spanish coin1785

blancmange1790

blarney1796

soft corn1814

whillywha1816

carney1818

buttering up1819

soft soap1821

flam1825

slaver1825

soft solder1836

soothing syrup1839

soft-soaping1840

plámás1853

sawder1854

soap1854

salve1859

taffy1878

plámásing1897

flannel1927

smarm1937

flannelling1945

sweet talk1945

schmear1950

smarming1950

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 101 Our two great acquaintances from town, Lady Blarney and Miss Carolina..Skeggs!]

1796 W. Scott Let. 26 Sept. (1932) I. 55 I hold it (so to speak) to be all Blarney.

1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall II. xx. 292 Bah!—bother!—blarney!—What is this about?

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 163 By promises and blarney, he got credit for all I wanted.

1884 Ruskin in Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Nov. 11/2 It was bombastic English blarney—not Irish.

1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 178 Perfect love, I suppose, means that a married man and woman never contradict one another... What blarney!

1955 Times 18 June 6/6 You do not want to come here every day to listen to a lot of blarney.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

blarneyv.

Etymology: < blarney n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblarney.

a. transitive. To assail with blarney, to overcome or beguile with flattery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)]

flatter?c1225

flackera1250

slickc1250

blandishc1305

blandc1315

glozec1330

beflatter1340

curryc1394

elkena1400

glaverc1400

anointa1425

glotherc1480

losenge1480

painta1513

to hold in halsc1560

soothe1580

smooth1584

smooth1591

soothe1601

pepper1654

palp1657

smoothify1694

butter1700

asperse1702

palaver1713

blarney1834

sawder1834

soft-soap1835

to cock up1838

soft-solder1838

soother1842

behoney1845

soap1853

beslaver1861

beslobber1868

smarm1902

sugar1923

sweetmouth1948

smooth-talk1950

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. ii. 17 But I won't blarney you, Peter.

b. intransitive. To use flattering speech.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (intransitive)]

fikea1225

flatter?c1225

ficklec1230

blandisha1340

smooth1340

glaver1380

softa1382

glozec1386

to hold (also bear) up oila1387

glothera1400

flaitec1430

smekec1440

love?a1500

flata1522

blanch1572

cog1583

to smooth it1583

smooth1587

collogue1602

to oil the tongue1607

sleek1607

wheedle1664

pepper1784

blarney1837

to pitch (the) woo1935

flannel1941

sweet-talk1956

1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 246 On the occasion of some prize, blarneying (Mrs. King will explain the word), and assuring him that he must get it.

1837 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1871) I. 43 Then would she wheedle and laugh and blarney.

Derivatives

ˈblarneyed adj. seasoned with blarney.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners

fairOE

honeyed1435

glozed1509

fair-tongued1541

fine1568

smoothed1568

smoothinga1592

sugary1591

slicked1594

rose water1598

rose-watered1599

candied1604

soft1609

courtlya1616

smooth-faced1626

oileda1640

blandished1671

sugar1687

fair-spoken1704

smooth-tongued1761

silky1778

pill-gilded1822

blarneyfied1830

greasy1848

blarneyed1861

soothering1866

soothing-syrupy1902

1861 ‘A. H. Clington’ Frank O'Donnell 12 Whose blarneyed tongues and good looks proved irresistible passports.

ˈblarneyer n. one who blarneys, a flatterer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer

fickler?c1225

losenger1303

glothererc1325

flatterera1340

blander1340

flatter1340

glozera1420

fleecherc1425

fager1435

soother1553

smooth-boots1599

sleekstonea1610

blandisher1611

cogger1611

over-prizer1611

smoother1611

colloguer1631

dauber1642

pargetera1656

flattercap1681

whillywhaa1682

sweetener1728

proneur1809

carney1818

soft-soaper1839

soft-solderer1851

smooth-sayer1872

incenser1873

soft-mouth1881

blarneyer1882

flannel-mouth1882

oiler1883

jollier1896

smoodger1898

plámáser1919

sweet-talker1946

smarmy1957

1882 Cornhill Mag. June 671 All these avocats are arch blarneyers.

ˈblarneyfied adj. (also slangy) blarneyed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners

fairOE

honeyed1435

glozed1509

fair-tongued1541

fine1568

smoothed1568

smoothinga1592

sugary1591

slicked1594

rose water1598

rose-watered1599

candied1604

soft1609

courtlya1616

smooth-faced1626

oileda1640

blandished1671

sugar1687

fair-spoken1704

smooth-tongued1761

silky1778

pill-gilded1822

blarneyfied1830

greasy1848

blarneyed1861

soothering1866

soothing-syrupy1902

1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 508 No balderdash of blarneyfied botheration.

ˈblarneying n. and adj. (a) n. flattering talk; (b) adj. flattering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective]

ficklinga1240

glozing1297

blandingc1315

blandishingc1374

glaveringc1394

fleering?a1400

sleekedc1400

faginga1425

smoothc1450

flattering1484

cogging1542

flatterous1546

butterya1585

smooth-tongueda1593

oily1598

silken1598

slick-tongued1598

soothing1599

sleek1601

slick1606

blandiloquous1615

supellectile1615

colloguing1620

losengeous1632

oiled-tongued1632

daubing1655

blandiloquious1689

smooth-booted1706

palavering1764

pill-gilding1764

oily-tongued1788

buttering1789

sleeky1810

smooth-spoken1821

oleaginous1833

butteraceous1837

saponaceous1837

soft-soapy1849

soapy1854

blarneying1884

smarmy1924

sweet-talking1956

smoothie1959

smarming1970

blandiloquent-

1884 M. Hickson Ireland in 17th Cent. I. 162 To follow..in the wake of their blarneying orators.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	blarney
释义	blarneyn. Brit. /ˈblɑːni/, U.S. /ˈblɑrni/ Etymology: < Blarney, name of a village near Cork. In the castle there is an inscribed stone in a position difficult of access. The popular saying is that any one who kisses this ‘Blarney stone’ will ever after have ‘a cajoling tongue and the art of flattery or of telling lies with unblushing effrontery’ (Lewis Topog. Dict. Ireland). Smoothly flattering or cajoling talk. (colloquial.) Also, nonsense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun] flash1605 sniffling1653 canting1659 cant1710 galbanum1764 gas1793 blarney1796 gammon1805 slum1812 claptrap1819 flam1825 glittering generality1849 bull's wool1850 eyewash1857 bunkum1862 hot air1873 kid1874 fustian1880 flubdub1888 bull1914 oil1917 blah1918 drip1919 piss and wind1922 banana-oil1927 flannel1927 crud1943 old talk1956 ole talk1964 okey-doke1969 yada yada1991 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] fickling?c1225 flattering?c1225 oluhningc1225 glozec1290 glozing1297 losengery1303 blandishingc1305 blandingc1315 flatteryc1320 glotheringc1325 soothinga1400 honey word?1406 faginga1425 flatrisec1440 smekingc1440 blandishc1475 blandiment?1510 glavering1545 coggingc1555 good1563 milksop1577 court holy water1583 glavery1583 blandishment1591 lipsalve1591 court holy bread1592 flatter1593 colloguing1596 sooth1597 daub?1602 blandation1605 lullaby1611 court-water1616 butter1618 blandiloquy1623 oil1645 court-element1649 courtshipment1649 courtship1655 blandiloquence1656 court-creama1657 daubing1656 fleecha1700 Spanish money1699 cajole1719 whiting1721 palaver1733 butter boat1747 flummery1749 treacle1771 Spanish coin1785 blancmange1790 blarney1796 soft corn1814 whillywha1816 carney1818 buttering up1819 soft soap1821 flam1825 slaver1825 soft solder1836 soothing syrup1839 soft-soaping1840 plámás1853 sawder1854 soap1854 salve1859 taffy1878 plámásing1897 flannel1927 smarm1937 flannelling1945 sweet talk1945 schmear1950 smarming1950 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 101 Our two great acquaintances from town, Lady Blarney and Miss Carolina..Skeggs!] 1796 W. Scott Let. 26 Sept. (1932) I. 55 I hold it (so to speak) to be all Blarney. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall II. xx. 292 Bah!—bother!—blarney!—What is this about? 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 163 By promises and blarney, he got credit for all I wanted. 1884 Ruskin in Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Nov. 11/2 It was bombastic English blarney—not Irish. 1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 178 Perfect love, I suppose, means that a married man and woman never contradict one another... What blarney! 1955 Times 18 June 6/6 You do not want to come here every day to listen to a lot of blarney. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blarneyv. Etymology: < blarney n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblarney. a. transitive. To assail with blarney, to overcome or beguile with flattery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 flackera1250 slickc1250 blandishc1305 blandc1315 glozec1330 beflatter1340 curryc1394 elkena1400 glaverc1400 anointa1425 glotherc1480 losenge1480 painta1513 to hold in halsc1560 soothe1580 smooth1584 smooth1591 soothe1601 pepper1654 palp1657 smoothify1694 butter1700 asperse1702 palaver1713 blarney1834 sawder1834 soft-soap1835 to cock up1838 soft-solder1838 soother1842 behoney1845 soap1853 beslaver1861 beslobber1868 smarm1902 sugar1923 sweetmouth1948 smooth-talk1950 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. ii. 17 But I won't blarney you, Peter. b. intransitive. To use flattering speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (intransitive)] fikea1225 flatter?c1225 ficklec1230 blandisha1340 smooth1340 glaver1380 softa1382 glozec1386 to hold (also bear) up oila1387 glothera1400 flaitec1430 smekec1440 love?a1500 flata1522 blanch1572 cog1583 to smooth it1583 smooth1587 collogue1602 to oil the tongue1607 sleek1607 wheedle1664 pepper1784 blarney1837 to pitch (the) woo1935 flannel1941 sweet-talk1956 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 246 On the occasion of some prize, blarneying (Mrs. King will explain the word), and assuring him that he must get it. 1837 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1871) I. 43 Then would she wheedle and laugh and blarney. Derivatives ˈblarneyed adj. seasoned with blarney. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners fairOE honeyed1435 glozed1509 fair-tongued1541 fine1568 smoothed1568 smoothinga1592 sugary1591 slicked1594 rose water1598 rose-watered1599 candied1604 soft1609 courtlya1616 smooth-faced1626 oileda1640 blandished1671 sugar1687 fair-spoken1704 smooth-tongued1761 silky1778 pill-gilded1822 blarneyfied1830 greasy1848 blarneyed1861 soothering1866 soothing-syrupy1902 1861 ‘A. H. Clington’ Frank O'Donnell 12 Whose blarneyed tongues and good looks proved irresistible passports. ˈblarneyer n. one who blarneys, a flatterer. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer fickler?c1225 losenger1303 glothererc1325 flatterera1340 blander1340 flatter1340 glozera1420 fleecherc1425 fager1435 soother1553 smooth-boots1599 sleekstonea1610 blandisher1611 cogger1611 over-prizer1611 smoother1611 colloguer1631 dauber1642 pargetera1656 flattercap1681 whillywhaa1682 sweetener1728 proneur1809 carney1818 soft-soaper1839 soft-solderer1851 smooth-sayer1872 incenser1873 soft-mouth1881 blarneyer1882 flannel-mouth1882 oiler1883 jollier1896 smoodger1898 plámáser1919 sweet-talker1946 smarmy1957 1882 Cornhill Mag. June 671 All these avocats are arch blarneyers. ˈblarneyfied adj. (also slangy) blarneyed. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners fairOE honeyed1435 glozed1509 fair-tongued1541 fine1568 smoothed1568 smoothinga1592 sugary1591 slicked1594 rose water1598 rose-watered1599 candied1604 soft1609 courtlya1616 smooth-faced1626 oileda1640 blandished1671 sugar1687 fair-spoken1704 smooth-tongued1761 silky1778 pill-gilded1822 blarneyfied1830 greasy1848 blarneyed1861 soothering1866 soothing-syrupy1902 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 508 No balderdash of blarneyfied botheration. ˈblarneying n. and adj. (a) n. flattering talk; (b) adj. flattering. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] ficklinga1240 glozing1297 blandingc1315 blandishingc1374 glaveringc1394 fleering?a1400 sleekedc1400 faginga1425 smoothc1450 flattering1484 cogging1542 flatterous1546 butterya1585 smooth-tongueda1593 oily1598 silken1598 slick-tongued1598 soothing1599 sleek1601 slick1606 blandiloquous1615 supellectile1615 colloguing1620 losengeous1632 oiled-tongued1632 daubing1655 blandiloquious1689 smooth-booted1706 palavering1764 pill-gilding1764 oily-tongued1788 buttering1789 sleeky1810 smooth-spoken1821 oleaginous1833 butteraceous1837 saponaceous1837 soft-soapy1849 soapy1854 blarneying1884 smarmy1924 sweet-talking1956 smoothie1959 smarming1970 blandiloquent- 1884 M. Hickson Ireland in 17th Cent. I. 162 To follow..in the wake of their blarneying orators. 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