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BLAND
Girl/Female
English French
Fair-haired; blonde.Spanish Blandina meaning flattering.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
From the Gray Ford; Gray Man's Ford
Girl/Female
Latin
Mild.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. It has been suggested that it might be an altered form of Scottish Ballantine, but the distribution and variants (including Blanding) make it more probable that it is an altered form of a French original.
Girl/Female
English French
Fair-haired; blonde.Spanish Blandina meaning flattering.
Boy/Male
Latin
Gentle.
Girl/Female
Latin
Mild.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Blandford.
Boy/Male
Latin
Gentle.
Female
Chamoru
, polite speaker.
Girl/Female
English French
Fair-haired; blonde.Spanish Blandina meaning flattering.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Blanton.
Female
English
English name derived from Latin blanda, BLANDA means "cherishing."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Soft, Bland, Placid
Boy/Male
Hindu
Soft, Bland, Placid
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire called Bland, the origin of which is uncertain. Possibly it is from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’ (from blandan ‘to blend or mingle’), with reference to its exposed situation. The modern English adjective bland did not come into English (from Latin) until the 15th century, and is therefore unlikely to have given rise to surnames.French : nickname from Old French blant ‘flattering’ (Latin blandus).
Girl/Female
French, German, Latin, Spanish
Smooth; Seductive; Flattering; Blond
Boy/Male
English
Gray man's ford; gray haired.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Blandford Forum and other places called Blandford in Dorset (Blaneford in Domesday Book), probably named in Old English with blǣge ‘gudgeon’ (genitive plural blægna) + ford ‘ford’.
Girl/Female
Latin Spanish
Mild.
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n.
A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form.
n.
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.
a.
Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
a.
Blandishment; cajolery.
n.
A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments.
v. i.
To flatter; to use blandishment.
n.
A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent.
adv.
In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.
v. i.
To blandish any one.
n.
The state or quality of being bland.
n.
One who uses blandishments.
a.
Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.
a.
To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
superl.
Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
imp. & p. p.
of Blandish
a.
Alt. of Blandiloquious
superl.
Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
a.
Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid.
a.
Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Blandish