smooth-tonguedadj.
1.
a. Smooth or plausible in speech; using fair or flattering words; smooth-spoken.
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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-
a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. H4 Spencer..Is with that smoothe toongd scholler Baldock gone.
1603 N. Breton Merrie Dialogue 10 A very artificiall faire, sharpe witted,..and, as I after found, smooth tounged gentlewoman.
1684 T. Otway Atheist iii. 32 What a smooth-tongu'd little Rascal 'tis.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 205 The smooth-tongued rascal found no difficulty to insinuate himself into the place of her heart.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. xiii. 141 Those Jesuits are so smooth-tongued to women.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel viii. 552 His once smooth-tongued friend, with whom he had taken sweet counsel.
b. Of a poet or writer: Polished, refined. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > refined or cultured > of a writer
smooth-tongued1658
smooth1670
1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 11 Here smooth-tongu'd Drayton was inspired by Mnemosynes's manifold progenie.
2. Marked or characterized by, of the nature of, plausibility or speciousness.
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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
1761 C. Churchill Night 8 By slavish methods must he learn to please, By smooth-tongu'd flatt'ry, that curst court-disease.
1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 298 Almost from infancy he had been noted for smooth-tongued falsehood.
Derivatives
smooth-tonguedness n.
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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
1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. 113 The smooth-tonguedness of the Adversary.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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smooth-tongued adj.
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1686 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 500 Lawyers..whereof one the smoth-tong'd Soliciter.
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