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cajole

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/kəˈdʒəʊl/ (UK)
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/kəˈdʒəʊl/ (UK) · /kəˈd͡ʒoʊl/ (US)

Definition of cajole

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
    “Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […]”
    “If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?”
    “He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.”
    “[W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.”
    “Schulman, general manager of the "G. F. C.," had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
    “Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […]”
    “If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?”
    “He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.”
    “[W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.”
    “Schulman, general manager of the "G. F. C.," had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.”

noun

  1. The act of cajoling.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.

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