Blarney word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "blarney" word

[noun] flattery designed to gain favor
[verb] influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

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\Blar"ney\ (bl[aum]r"n[y^]), n. [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] {Blarney stone}, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
\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. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich.

Synonyms for blarney

cajole, coax, coaxing, inveigle, palaver, soft soap, sweet talk, sweet-talk, wheedle

Related terms: adulation, banter, blandish, blandishment, bunkum, cajole, cajolement, cajolery, compliment, con, eyewash, fair words, fawning, flattery, grease, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, incense, oil, palaver, praise, pretty lies, soap, soft soap, soft-soap, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sweet-talk, sycophancy, wheedle, wheedling

The fun area, different aproach to word »blarney«

Let's analyse "blarney" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Two vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 28.6% of vowels is 10% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YENRALB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1885 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -... .-.. .- .-. -. . -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: blarney: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: blarney: 2 + 3 + 1 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 7 = 32, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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