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bland

/bˈlænd/BLAND
/bˈlænd/BLAND

Meaningsmooth, coaxing

Common meaning: mild

Other meanings: lacking flavour or interest

Journey through time

  1. Latinblandus, -a, -um‘smooth-tongued, coaxing’
  2. Englishmeaning shiftssmooth-tongued, coaxing → mildbland‘mild’ · today

bland also in: blandishment

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin blandus ‘smooth-tongued, coaxing’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry blandus, p. 240 · dictionary scan

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Related words

blandishment

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