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   Flan·nel

   /ˈflan(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. a kind of soft-woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised: "my longest, thickest flannel nightgown"
   • ▪ men's trousers made of flannel: "he was dressed in a tweed jacket and gray flannels"
   • ▪ short for flannelette
   • 2. a small piece of toweling used for washing oneself. British Similar faceclothclothwashclothwashragwasher
   • 3. bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly: informal British "a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel" Similar smooth talkflatteryblarneyblandishmentshoneyed wordsprevaricationhedgingequivocationevasiondouble-talkdoublespeaknonsenserubbishinformal:spielsoft soapsweet talkbuttering upweasel wordsbaloneyhot airpoppycocktripeboshbunkwafflerotbellywashcodologyguyversmoodgingOpposite straight-talking

   verb

   • 1. use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly: informal British "he apologised for the situation and then flanneled on about ramping up production"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably from Welsh gwlanen ‘woolen article’, from gwlân ‘wool’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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