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Webster 1913 Edition


Cajoler

Ca-jol′er

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Noun.
A flatterer; a wheedler.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cajoler

CAJOLER

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Noun.
A flatterer; a wheedler.

Definition 2024


cajoler

cajoler

English

Noun

cajoler (plural cajolers)

  1. A person who cajoles; a flatterer.

French

Etymology

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, diminutive of Latin cavea (cage, coop, enclosure, stall).

Verb

cajoler

  1. to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms
  2. (dated) to flatter, to cajole

Conjugation

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