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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blandished p. pr. & vb. n. Blandishing. ] [ OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L. blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering. ] 1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make agreeable and enticing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mustering all her wiles,
With blandished parleys. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who uses blandishments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. blandissement. ] The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The Jesuit editors of the “Acta Sanctorum”, or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to Holland; Dutch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inland. [ Obs. ] T. Reeve(1657) [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Lapland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. ūtlendisc foreign. See Out, Land, and -ish. ] 1. Foreign; not native. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Him did outlandish women cause to sin. Neh. xiii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

Its barley water and its outlandish wines. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Deviating conspicuously from common practice; strange; freakish; bizarre; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech; -- usually used in a negative sense. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Something outlandish, unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

--Out*land"ish*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The quality of being strikingly out of the ordinary; the quality of being outlandish{ 2 }.
Syn. -- bizarreness, weirdness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]