pandersome

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English

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Etymology

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From pander +‎ -some.

Adjective

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pandersome (comparative more pandersome, superlative most pandersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by pandering
    • 1870, Water-cure Journal, volume 50:
      It so avoids the two extremes of mock delicacy and pandersome detail with such good sense, that we could wish it put into the hands of every American girl and woman.
    • 1968, High Fidelity, volume 18, numbers 7-12:
      The one jazz organist I almost always enjoy, though his latest records are dull and pandersome.
    • 2008, Daily News Editorials, Pols' sick ploy:
      As a rule, New York Knucklehead Awards don't appear at the top of this column. But today, we make an exception. For two exceptionally pandersome politicians: state Sen. Frank Padavan and Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza. Who are pandering at the expense of critically ill infants and children.

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