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pandersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From pander + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by pandering
   • 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. 2008, Daily News Editorials, Pols' sick ploy:
   • The one jazz organist I almost always enjoy, though his latest records are dull and pandersome. 1968, High Fidelity, volume 18, numbers 7-12:
   • 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. 1870, Water-cure Journal, volume 50:

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