blandishment

[prettygoodword]

blandishment - n., coaxing by flattery or wheedling, cajoling, allurement.


Often used in the plural. From Middle English blandishen, from Old French blandir, from Latin blandīrī, from blandus, flattering, mild. So there stood Matthew Arnold and this girl ...

---L.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

hahaha--cosmic last resort! *chuckle*

"And besides, she was pretty"

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Please -- it's "mournful cosmic last resort." Because, after all, this is Arnold we're talking about.

---L.

Re: "And besides, she was pretty"

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

He's not even that cheerful when he's in Kensington Garden though I like the second-to-last stanza.