Flattering
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Middle English: perhaps a back-formation from flattery.
wiktionary
From Middle English flatering, flatrung(gerund), equivalent to flatter + -ing.
etymonline
flattering (adj.)
late 14c., "pleasing to the imagination; dishonestly pleasing; having a false appearance of favorableness," present-participle adjective from flatter. Meaning "gratifying to self-esteem" is from 1757. Related: Flatteringly.
