bland
English
/blænd/
adj
Definitions
- Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
- Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
- (figurative) Lacking interest; boring; dull.
- (now) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin blandus (pleasant, flattering).
Origin
Latin
blandus
Gloss
pleasant, flattering
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blandify English
- blandish English
- blandisher English
- blandishment English
- blandly English
- blandness English
- blande Latin
- blandiloquium Latin
- blandiloquus Latin
- blandior Latin
- blanditer Latin
- blanditia Latin
- blandities Latin
- blandus Latin
- perblandus Latin
- bland German
- blando Italian
- blando Spanish, Castilian
- *mland- Proto-Indo-European
- blandishen Middle English
- blând Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- brando Old Portuguese
- blãndã Aromanian
- blando Ladino