About The Word Blarney
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Blarney
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What's The Definition Of Blarney?
[n] flattery designed to gain favor
[v] influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" Synonyms | Synonyms for Blarney: cajole | coax | coaxing | inveigle | palaver | soft soap | sweet talk | sweet-talk | wheedle Related Terms | Find terms related to Blarney: adulation | banter | blandish | blandishment | bunkum | cajole | cajolement | cajolery | compliment | con | eyewash | fair words | fawning | flattery | grease | honeyed phrases | honeyed words | incense | oil | palaver | praise | pretty lies | soap | soft soap | soft-soap | sweet nothings | sweet talk | sweet words | sweet-talk | sycophancy | wheedle | wheedling See Also | browbeat | bully | flattery | persuade | soft-soap | swagger | sway Blarney In Webster's Dictionary \Blar"ney\ (bl[aum]r"n[y^]), n. [Blarney, a village and
castle near Cork.]
Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.]
{Blarney stone}, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to
make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
\Blar"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blarneyed} (-n[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blarneying}.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. ``Blarneyed the landlord.'' --Irving. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich. |
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