'Blarney' is a word borrowed from Gaelic 'blarney'. The word entered the English language some time around 1784.
blarney [noun] [1784]
- skillful flattery
- blandishment
- nonsense
See 'blarney' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: a stone in Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland, held to bestow skill in flattery on those who kiss it
See more loan words from 1700s.
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