different between bandish vs blandish

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd??

Etymology 1

Verb

bandish (third-person singular simple present bandishes, present participle bandishing, simple past and past participle bandished)

1. To tie something.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi [Term?], meaning "binding together".

Noun

bandish (plural bandishes)

1. A composition in Hindustani classical music.

Anagrams

• banish'd

English

Etymology

From Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be favourable; of the sea: to become calm”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman blaundishen, from blandiss-, the extended stem of Middle French blandir + Middle English -ishen (suffix forming verbs). Blandir is derived from Latin bland?r?, the present active infinitive of blandior (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”), from blandus (“fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)) + -i? (suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives). The English word is analysable as bland +? -ish; compare bland (“agreeable, pleasant, suave; mild, soothing”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: bl?nd?sh, IPA^(key): /?blænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??
• Hyphenation: bland?ish

Verb

blandish (third-person singular simple present blandishes, present participle blandishing, simple past and past participle blandished)

1. (transitive) To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
2. (transitive) To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.

Derived terms

• blandisher
• blandishment

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