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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-562/
- Published: 2021-08-13T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-25T20:01:52.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

The word for today is…

inveigle (verb) –

1 : to win over by wiles : entice  
2 : to acquire by ingenuity or flattery : wangle

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inveigle?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Inveigle, a word that dates from the 16th century, refers to the act of using clever talk, trickery, or flattery to either persuade somebody to do something or to obtain something through a similar method. What could such a word possibly have to do with blindness? Inveigle came to English from the Anglo-French verb enveegler, which means “to blind or hoodwink someone,” from the adjective enveugle, meaning “blind.” Enveugle derives from the Medieval Latin ab oculis, a phrase which literally translates to “lacking eyes.” You might say that a person who is inveigled to do or give up something is too “blinded” by someone’s words to know that he or she is being tricked.

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