blarney
1Blarney — Administration Nom irlandais An Bhlarna Pays Irlande Province Munster Comté Comté de Cork Démographie …
2blarney — lar ney (bl[aum]r n[y^]), n. [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork in Ireland.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] {Blarney stone}, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland (built in 1446), said to make those who kiss it… …
3Blarney — 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. [1913 Webster] Had blarneyed his way from… …
4blarney — [blär′nē] n. [see BLARNEY STONE] smooth talk used in flattering or coaxing vt., vi. blarneyed, blarneying to engage in blarney (with) …
5blarney — 1796, from Blarney Stone (which is said to make a persuasive flatterer of any who kiss it), in a castle near Cork, Ireland; reached wide currency through Lady Blarny, the smooth talking flatterer in Goldsmith s Vicar of Wakefield (1766). As a… …
6blarney — ► NOUN ▪ talk intended to be charming or flattering. ORIGIN named after Blarney Castle in Ireland, where there is a stone said to give persuasive speech to anyone who kisses it …
7Blarney — (spr. blārnĭ), oft genanntes Dorf bei Cork (Irland), mit altem Schloß (15. Jahrh.), in dessen Mauer an schwer zugänglicher Stelle ein Stein (der B. stone) sich befindet, der denjenigen, der ihn küßt, zum geschickten Schmeichler machen soll. Daher …
8blarney — [n] flattery adulation, a line*, baloney*, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, exaggeration, eyewash*, fawning*, honey*, incense, ingratiation, inveiglement, oil*, overpraise, soft soap*, soft words, sweet talk*, wheedling; concept 69 …
9Blarney — Infobox Irish Place name = Blarney gaeilge = An Bhlárna crest motto = map pin coords = left: 125px; top: 55px north coord = 51.933067 | west coord = 8.567952 | irish grid = W610759 area = | elevation = province = Munster county = County Cork town …
10blarney — /blahr nee/, n., v., blarneyed, blarneying. n. 1. flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery. 2. deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense; hooey: a lot of blarney about why he was broke. v.t., v.i. 3. to flatter or wheedle; use blarney: He blarneys his …
