Bland

·adj Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.

II. Bland ·adj Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.

Bland, Mrs. Hubert ("E. Nesbit")
(b. 1858) Poet and novelist. Lays and Legends (1886), second series (1892), A Pomander of Verse (18...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin