Added 10 October 2026
bland
/blænd/ adjective
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bland at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
a bland diet
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Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting.
a bland little drama
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Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.
he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage
Origin
From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to mix, blend”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda, Norwegian, Danish blande, Swedish blanda. See also blend.
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