blandandering
blandandering is the present participle and gerund of blandander.
Meaning of blandander
Verb
blandander (third-person singular simple present blandanders, present participle blandandering, simple past and past participle blandandered)
- To flatter or cajole.
- 'Norah dear,' says I, 'there's a regiment of Southerners at Mackenzie's farm in the wood. If you love Tom you'll run like the wind and bring them here as quick as the fine legs God gave you will carry you. I'll thry to blandander these fellows till you come back; but remember every minute's worth...1898 June 18, James Workman, “The Rebel Spy”, in Chambers's Journal, volume I (sixth series), number 24, London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, page 463, column 1
- Synonyms:
- butter up, sweet-talk, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver, gloze, jolly, lay it on thick
Questions about blandandering
- What is blandandering the present participle and gerund of?
- Blandandering is the present participle and gerund of blandander.
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