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blandiloquence

blandiloquence noun: flattery.

Noun

blandiloquence (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Flattery.
    • The scale and ferocity of violence produced by uncivil wars have fascinated, shocked, and sickened the whole world. Words cannot easily describe their cruelty, and their attempted theorisation seems at first glance to be a self-indulgent act of blandiloquence.2004, John Keane, Violence and Democracy

Origin of blandiloquence

From Latin blandus (“flattering”) + loquor (“speak”).

Questions about blandiloquence

What does blandiloquence mean?
Blandiloquence means flattery.
What part of speech is blandiloquence?
Blandiloquence is a noun.

Words near blandiloquence in the dictionary

  1. blandification
  2. blandified
  3. blandifies
  4. blandify
  5. blandifying
  6. blandiloquence
  7. blandiloquent
  8. blandiloquently
  9. blandiloquous
  10. blandiment
  11. Blandin

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