blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk
(noun) flattery designed to gain favor
wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; “He palavered her into going along”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blarney (uncountable)
Mindless chatter.
Ability to talk constantly and fluently.
Persuasive flattery or kind speech; smooth, wheedling talk.
blarney (third-person singular simple present blarneys, present participle blarneying, simple past and past participle blarneyed)
To beguile with flattery.
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Blarney
A town in Cork, Ireland, location of Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone.
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Source: Wiktionary
Blar"ney, n. Etym: [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork.]
Definition: 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; p. pr. & vb. n. Blarneying.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
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