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   blandish

   /ˈblandɪʃ/

   verb

   • 1. coax (someone) with kind words or flattery: archaic "I was blandishing her with imprudences to get her off the subject"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French blandiss-, lengthened stem of blandir, from Latin blandiri, from blandus ‘soft, smooth’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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