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单词 blarney
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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).
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